Eloquent Model Automatic Cast

Model.php

namespace App\Models;

use DB;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model as BaseModel;

abstract class Model extends BaseModel
{
    static $automaticCasts = [];

    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
    {
        $this->casts = array_merge($this->getAutomaticCasts(), $this->casts);

        parent::__construct($attributes);
    }

    public function getAutomaticCasts()
    {
        $table = $this->getTable();

        if (!isset($this::$automaticCasts[$table]))
        {
            $columns = DB::getDoctrineSchemaManager()->listTableColumns($table);

            $this::$automaticCasts[$table] = [];
            foreach ($columns as $column)
            {
                $type = $column->getType()->getName();
                
                // exclude string conversion to speed up, as the database returns data already in string format
                if ($type != 'string') {
                    $this::$automaticCasts[$table][$column->getName()] = $column->getType()->getName();
                }
            }
        }

        return $this::$automaticCasts[$table];
    }
}

User.php

namespace App\Models;

class User extends Model
{
    var $casts = [
        // Nothing to cast! ..except if you want to override automatic default
    ];
}