Is there a way to extend a trait in PHP?
I want to use functionality of an existing trait
and create my own trait
on top of it only to later apply it on classes.
I want to extend Laravel SoftDeletes
trait to make SaveWithHistory
function, so it will create a copy of a record as a deleted record. I also want to extend it with record_made_by_user_id
field.
Yes, there is. You just have to define new trait like this:
trait MySoftDeletes
{
use SoftDeletes {
SoftDeletes::saveWithHistory as parentSaveWithHistory;
}
public function saveWithHistory() {
$this->parentSaveWithHistory();
//your implementation
}
}
I have different approach. ParentSaveWithHistory
is still applicable method in this trait so at least should be defined as private.
trait MySoftDeletes
{
use SoftDeletes {
saveWithHistory as private parentSaveWithHistory;
}
public function saveWithHistory()
{
$this->parentSaveWithHistory();
}
}
Consider also 'overriding' methods in traits:
use SoftDeletes, MySoftDeletes {
MySoftDeletes::saveWithHistory insteadof SoftDeletes;
}
This code uses method saveWithHistory
from MySoftDeletes
, even if it exists in SoftDeletes
.