Laravel ID normalizer
Although Laravel makes use of the "id" column name by default, I have encountered projects where this column name was named differently. Instead of remembering primary keys, why not normalize them?
Instead of having to adjust "id" to match the primary key name, we're able to use a simple accessor (or attribute) that does this automatically:
/**
* Get the value of the primary key.
*
* @return Attribute
*/
public function id(): Attribute
{
return Attribute::get(fn ($value) => $value
?? $this->{$this->getKeyName()}
?? null
);
}
Which results in the following:
// old, lame way 🙁
$id = $model->custom_id; // or was it "customized_id" ?
// new, easy way 😏
$id = $model->id; // don't know, don't care
Behind the scenes, our method will use the primary key of the model to reflect the actual column. And if there is such a thing as an id column, then that value is used by default.
Conclusion
This is a very simple way to normalize the primary key, and saves you from having to remember these names while keeping your code as DRY as cheap hamburger buns. 🍔 You know the ones I'm talking about.