Laravel Database Encryption Use Case

2018_09_17_155927_create_senders_table.php

<?php
// database/migrations/2018_09_17_155927_create_senders_table.php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class CreateSendersTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('senders', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->text('mail_config');
        });
    }
    
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('senders');
    }
}

Sender.php

<?php
// app/Sender.php

namespace App;

use AustinHeap\Database\Encryption\Traits\HasEncryptedAttributes;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Sender extends Model
{
    use HasEncryptedAttributes;

    protected $fillable =[
        'name', 'mail_config',
    ];

    protected $encrypted = [
        'mail_config',
    ];

    protected $casts = [
        'mail_config' => 'array',
    ];
}

SenderFactory.php

<?php
// database/factories/SenderFactory.php

use Faker\Generator as Faker;

$factory->define(App\Sender::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        //
    ];
});

SendersTableSeeder.php

<?php
// database/seeds/SendersTableSeeder.php

use App\Sender;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;

class SendersTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
    public function run()
    {
        factory(Sender::class)->create([
            'name' => 'Log Sender',
            'mail_config' => [
                'driver' => 'log',
                'host' => null,
                'port' => null,
                'username' => null,
                'password' => null,
                'encryption' => null,
                'from' => [
                    'address' => 'admin@localhost',
                    'name' => 'Local Admin',
                ]
            ],
        ]);
    }
}