An alternative to ENUM in DB.

enum.php

// Taken from: https://laracasts.com/forum/88-how-do-you-handle-enums

class OrderStatus implements Enum
{
    const FRAUD             = -2;
    const CANCELLED         = -1;
    const UNPAID            = 0;
    const RECEIVED          = 1;
    const PARTIALLY_SHIPPED = 10;
    const SHIPPED           = 20;

    public static function getCode($label)
    {
        $class = new ReflectionClass( get_class() );
        $constants = $class->getConstants();
        return $constants[$label];
    }

    public static function getLabel($code)
    {
        $class = new ReflectionClass( get_class() );
        $constants = $class->getConstants();
        $constants = array_flip($constants);
        return $constants[$code];
    }
}

interface Enum {
	public static function getCode($label);
	public static function getLabel($code);
}

var_dump( OrderStatus::getCode('CANCELLED') ); // Returns -1
var_dump( OrderStatus::getLabel(-1) ); // Returns CANCELLED