except method added to models

[nmc9]

Except Method Added to HasAttributes class

I added an except method to \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Concerns\HasAttributes to compliment the only() method. For use on eloquent models

Use Case

This is useful for when you want to get most of the attributes of a model but not all of them in an array. It's the compliment to the only() method.

$stub = new StubModel();
$stub->only(["first_name","last_name"]);
$stub->except(["middle_name","updated_at","created_at"]);

[taylorotwell]

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