laravel-enums

What problem does it solve?

Laravel projects often rely on primitive strings or integers to represent finite option sets, which leads to scattered validation rules and inconsistent UI labels. This skill provides backed enums with labels to enforce type safety, coherent validation, and a centralized definition of business constants.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Backed enums with string or integer values for strong typing and compile-time checks.
• UI-friendly labels and traits to expose human-readable names in forms and dropdowns.
• Seamless usage in models (casts to Enum), DTOs, and validation rules, ensuring consistent handling of status or mode fields across the application.
• Guidance on when to use enums vs state machines for complex workflows.

Quick Start

• Create a new Enum in app/Enums with cases representing your domain values, using string backs (e.g., Pending = 'pending').
• Cast model attributes to the enum (e.g., protected $casts = ['status' => OrderStatus::class];).
• Retrieve UI labels via OrderStatus::labels() or $status->getLabel() when using label attributes.