member.php

<?php
/**
 * Make sure that we get an array from JSON string
 *
 * @param $value
 * @return array
 */
public function getSettingsAttribute($value) {
    return json_decode($value, true);
}


/**
 * Encode an array to a JSON string
 *
 * @param $value
 */
public function setSettingsAttribute($value)
{
    $this->attributes['settings'] = json_encode($value);
}