Laravel How to display $hidden attribute on model on paginate

Question

I'm using Laravel 5.5. I read about this and know this function and it works makeVisible

$hidden = ['password', 'remember_token', 'email'];

I can display email using

$profile = auth()->user()->find($request->user()->id);
$profile->makeVisible(['email']);

On the frontend email is displayed. But it not works on many results like

 // Get all users
 $users = User::with('role', 'level')->makeVisible(['email'])->paginate(10); // Doesn't work

Also try this method from Laracasts toJson it works but I can't do it using paginate. Can you provide other methods or how to solve this? My aim is to display email column that is hidden. Thanks.

Answer 1

I solve this using this method.

Users.php on model

public function toArray()
{
    // Only hide email if `guest` or not an `admin`
    if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->isAdmin()) {
        $this->setAttributeVisibility();
    }

    return parent::toArray();
}

public function setAttributeVisibility()
{
    $this->makeVisible(array_merge($this->fillable, $this->appends, ['enter_relationship_or_other_needed_data']));
}

and on controller just a simple

return User::with('role', 'level')->paginate(10);

I've read where pagination comes from toArray before creating pagination. Thanks for all your help. Also helps