I've read here (Section: Temporarily Modifying Attribute Visibility) that we can hide object properties temporarily.
Is it possible to also hide children attributes?
For example:
//User model
class User extends \App\AppModel
{
public function articles()
{
return $this->hasMany(Article::class);
}
}
Exclude from array here:
$user = User::find($id);
$userData = $user->makeHidden(['last_name', 'articles.*.user_id'])->toArray();
dd($userData); //user_id still present in articles :(
$userData = User::with('articles')->where('id', $id)->get()->each(function($user){
$user->articles->makeHidden(['user_id']);
})->makeHidden(['last_name'])->toArray();
dd($userData);
you could try something like
$userData->articles = $user->articles()->get()->each(function($item){
$item->makeHidden(['user_id']);
});
dd($userData);