Transforming Eloquent Attributes with Custom Accessors and Mutators

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class User extends Model
{
    // ... other model properties ...

    /**
     * Get the user's full name.
     */
    protected function fullName(): Attribute
    {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn (string $value, array $attributes) => $attributes['first_name'] . ' ' . $attributes['last_name'],
        );
    }

    /**
     * Set the user's password, automatically hashing it.
     */
    protected function password(): Attribute
    {
        return Attribute::make(
            set: fn (string $value) => bcrypt($value),
        );
    }

    /**
     * Capitalize the user's name when retrieving it. (Old way, still works)
     */
    public function getNameAttribute(string $value): string
    {
        return Str::upper($value);
    }

    /**
     * Convert the name to lowercase before saving. (Old way, still works)
     */
    public function setNameAttribute(string $value): void
    {
        $this->attributes['name'] = Str::lower($value);
    }
}

// Example usage:
// $user = User::find(1);
// echo $user->full_name; // Uses accessor
// $user->password = 'new_secret'; // Uses mutator for hashing
// $user->name = 'John Doe'; // Uses setNameAttribute, then getNameAttribute on retrieval
// $user->save();