Reserved word on eloquent models

Question

I have a Product model and a Attribute model.

Products have Attributes.

Problem is I cant use Attributes as a member of a Product class that extends eloquent as eloquent uses this already. Is there a way around this?

class Product extends Model 
{
    protected $attributes;

    // ...
}

Well you can call it something different. e.g. `productAttributes` — lukasgeiter, Dec 15 '14 at 13:26
I know. but I don't think there's a good alternative. The Laravel source uses the `attributes` hardcoded so you can't just override a function or change a config. You'd have to override a LOT of code. That's not worth it. Maybe it would be an option to rename your model? — lukasgeiter, Dec 15 '14 at 13:38
think i will go with productAttributes but that is definatly an option — AndrewMcLagan, Dec 15 '14 at 14:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '14 at 14:36

You won't get around renaming your relation. e.g. productAttributes.

The problem here is, that the attributes property is used a lot by Eloquent and there is no way to change that by configuration or overriding a small piece of code. You would need to override a lot of classes to change the name to something else, which is definitely not worth it.

Reserved word on eloquent models

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