View Presenter Classes for Eloquent Models

 The Laravel Presentable package by Jonathan Zarate is a package to create presenter classes for Eloquent models. A presenter class allows you to separate display concerns from model data in a dedicated class.

Here's an example from the README:

1use App\Models\Presenters\UserPresenter;
2use TheHiveTeam\Presentable\HasPresentable;
3 
4class User extends Model
5{
6    use HasPresentable;
7 
8    protected $presenter = UserPresenter::class;
9}

Eloquent models with a presenter class use the HasPresentable trait and a $presenter property that defines the presenter class.

Here's an example of what a presenter class will look like:

 1namespace App\Models\Presenters;
 2 
 3use TheHiveTeam\Presentable\Presenter;
 4 
 5class UserPresenter extends Presenter
 6{
 7    public function name()
 8    {
 9        return ucwords($this->model->name);
10    }
11}

Using the User model as an example, you can now access presenter methods in the view:

1$user->present()->name;

This approach might be overkill depending on the goals of your application; however, if you find that separating view display logic into a dedicated presenter class makes sense, this package could be an excellent fit.

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub.