Version 6 contains a number of changes to improve the usability, performance and security of the package. Refer to the UPGRADING.md file for detailed instructions on how to upgrade from version 5.
- Added support for PHP 8.3
- Droppped support for PHP 8.0 and below
- Added support for Laravel 10 and 11
- Dropped support Laravel versions 9 and below
- New schema migration adding new columns and improving indexing for searching by meta values. See UPGRADING.md for details
- Added
SignedSerializeHandler
as a catch-all datatype, which will attempt to serialize the data using PHP'sserialize()
function. The payload is cryptographically signed with an HMAC before being stored in the database to prevent PHP object injection attacks. - Deprecated
SerializableHandler
in favor of the newSignedSerializeHandler
datatype. TheSerializableHandler
will be removed in a future release. In the interim, added themetable.options.serializable.allowedClasses
config to protect against unserializing untrusted data. - Deprecated
ArrayHandler
andObjectHandler
, due to the ambiguity of nested array/objects switching type. These will be removed in a future release. TheSignedSerializeHandler
should be used instead. - Added
PureEnumHandler
andBackedEnumHandler
which adds support for storing enum values as Meta. - Added
StringableHandler
which adds support for storingIlluminate\Support\Stringable
objects as Meta. - Added
DateTimeImmutableHandler
which adds support for storingDateTimeImmutable
/CarbonImmutable
objects as Meta. - The
ModelHandler
will now validate that the encoded class is a valid Eloquent Model before attempting to instantiate it during unserialization. If the class is invalid, the meta value will returnnull
. - The
ModelHandler
will no longer throw a model not found exception if the model no longer exists. Instead, the meta value will returnnull
. This is more in line with the existing behavior of theModelCollectionHandler
. - The
ModelCollectionHandler
will now validate that the encoded collection class is a valid Eloquent collection before attempting to instantiate it during unserialization. If the class is invalid, an instance ofIlluminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
will be used instead. - The
ModelCollectionHandler
will now validate that the encoded class of each entry is a valid Eloquent Model before attempting to instantiate it during unserialization. If the class is invalid, that entry in the collection will be omitted. - Added
getNumericValue(): null|int|float
method toHandlerInterface
which should convert the original value into a numeric format for indexing, if relevant for the data type. - Added
useHmacVerification(): bool
method toHandlerInterface
which should indicate whether the integrity of the serialized data should be verified with an HMAC.
- Added
metable:refresh
artisan command which will decode and re-encode all meta values in the database. This is useful if you have changed the data type handlers and need to update the serialized data and indexes in the database.
- The Metable
whereMeta()
,whereMetaIn()
, andorderByMeta()
query scopes can now leverage a prefix index on themeta.value
column. This greatly improves performance when searching for meta values against larger datasets when using applicable operators, e.g.=
,%
,>
,>=
,<
,<=
,<>
,LIKE
(no leading wildcard). This index is only supported by the'mysql'
,'mariadb'
,'pgsql'
, and'sqlite'
drivers. - The
whereMetaNumeric()
andorderByMetaNumeric()
query scopes will now scan the indexednumeric_value
column instead of the serializedvalue
column. This greatly improves performance when searching for meta values against larger datasets. whereMetaNumeric()
query scope will now accept a value of any type. It will be converted to an integer or float by the handler. This is more consistent with the behaviour of the other query scopes.- Added additional query scopes to more easily search meta values based on different criteria:
whereMetaInNumeric()
whereMetaNotIn()
whereMetaNotInNumeric()
whereMetaBetween()
whereMetaBetweenNumeric()
whereMetaNotBetween()
whereMetaNotBetweenNumeric()
whereMetaIsNull()
whereMetaIsModel()
- If the data type handlers cannot convert the search value provided to a
whereMeta*Numeric()
query scope to a numeric value, then an exception will be thrown.
- Added support for casting meta values to specific types by defining the
$castMeta
property orcastMeta(): array
method on the model. This is similar to thecasts
property of Eloquent Models used for attributes. All cast types supported by Eloquent Models are also available for Meta values.Values will be cast before values are stored in the database to ensure that they are indexed consistently - Added
mergeMetaCasts()
method which can be used to override the defined cast on a meta key at runtime.
- Added the
setMetaEncrypted()
method which will encrypt data before storing it in the database and decrypt it when retrieving it. This is useful for storing sensitive data in the meta table. - Prefixing a meta cast with
encrypted:
will automatically encrypt all values for that meta key.
- Added optional trait
MetableAttributes
which can further extend theMetable
trait allowing access to meta values as model attributes using ameta_
prefix. This can be useful for type hinting, IDE autocompletion, static analysis, and usage in Blade templates.
- Added
$meta->numeric_value
attributes, which are used for optimizing queries filtering by meta value - Added
$meta->hmac
attribute, which is used by some data type handlers to validate that the payload has not been tampered with. - Added
$meta->raw_value
virtual attribute, which exposes the raw serialized value of the meta key. This is useful for debugging purposes. - Added
encrypt()
method, used internally by theMetable::setMetaEncrypted()
method
- Fixed
setManyMeta()
not properly serializing certain types of data.
- New schema migration: improved database indexing. See UPGRADING.md for details.
- Added config
meta.applyMigrations
. When set to false, migration paths will not be loaded from the package. Use this if you wish to override the default schema migrations provided with the package. - Added
setManyMeta()
to bulk insert/update multiple keys to a model. Requires Laravel 8.0+ for optimal performance. - Added
removeManyMeta()
to bulk delete multiple keys from a model. - Fixed
removeMeta()
method causing an error if called with a non-existent key. - Fixed a minor bug with
setMeta()
creating duplicates in the cached meta relation when updating a key.
- fixed support for Laravel 8.0 migration squashing
- Migration files are now loaded from the package itself instead of being published to the local /database/migrations directory. This may cause conflicts when upgrading, see UPGRADING.md for mitigation steps.
- Added support for Laravel 8.0 (Thanks @saulens!)
- Moved minimum requirements to PHP 7.3 and Laravel 6.0+
- Fixed array unpacking issue when queuing Metable models
- Added Laravel 7.0 support (Thanks @saulens22!)
- The
joinMetaTable()
function now usesgetMorphClass()
forMetable
trait to assist with single table inheritance (Thanks @mbryne!)
- Moved minimum requirements to PHP 7.2 and Laravel 5.6+
- Added a number of missing return types.
- Added
whereDoesntHaveMeta()
query scope (Thanks @tormjens!)
- Added Laravel 5.5 package autodiscovery
- Meta keys are now correctly case sensitive throughout the package (Thanks @Luukvdo!)
- Fixed some PHPDoc typehints (Thanks @Luukvdo!)
- Fixed some compatibility bugs with MySQL
- Removed illegal default from value column in migration
- Added Laravel 5.4 Compatibility
- Initial Release