Get previous attribute value in Eloquent model event

php laravel laravel-4 eloquent
coatesap picture coatesap · Jun 28, 2013 · Viewed 35.1k times · Source

Is there a way to see the old/previous value of a model's attribute in its saving or updating event?

eg. Is something like the following possible:

User::updating(function($user)
{
    if ($user->username != $user->old->username) doSomething();
});

Answer

coatesap picture coatesap · Jun 28, 2013

Ok, I found this quite by chance, as it's not in the documentation at present...

There is a getOriginal() method available which returns an array of the original attribute values:

User::updating(function($user)
{
    if ($user->username != $user->getOriginal('username')) {
        doSomething();
    }

    // If you need multiple attributes you may use:
    // $originalAttributes = $user->getOriginal();
    // $originalUsername = $originalAttributes['username']; 
});

Be carefult, it ignores the model type casting.

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