A laravel trait for setting passwords with automatic hashing.

HasPasswordAttribute.php

<?php

namespace App\Traits;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;

/**
 * Trait HasPasswordAttribute
 * @package App\Traits
 */
trait HasPasswordAttribute {
    /**
     * Set a password on the model.  Automatically hash ( Bcrypt only ) if necessary 
     * @param string $in
     */
    public function setPasswordAttribute(string $in) : void {
        if (!$in) {
            $this->attributes['password'] = '';
        } else if (strpos($in, '$2y$') === 0 && strlen($in) == 60) {
            $this->attributes['password'] = $in;
        } else {
            $this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make($in);
        }
    }
}