A small base class taking on some of the basic foundations of an Eloquent Model

Base.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use ArrayAccess;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Jsonable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Concerns\HasAttributes;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Concerns\HasTimestamps;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\JsonEncodingException;
use JsonSerializable;

abstract class Base implements ArrayAccess, Arrayable, Jsonable, JsonSerializable
{
    use HasAttributes;
    use HasTimestamps;

    /**
     * Convert the model instance to an array.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray()
    {
        return array_merge($this->attributesToArray(), $this->relationsToArray());
    }

    /**
     * Convert the model instance to JSON.
     *
     * @param  int  $options
     * @return string
     *
     * @throws \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\JsonEncodingException
     */
    public function toJson($options = 0)
    {
        $json = json_encode($this->jsonSerialize(), $options);

        if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error()) {
            throw JsonEncodingException::forModel($this, json_last_error_msg());
        }

        return $json;
    }

    /**
     * Convert the object into something JSON serializable.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function jsonSerialize()
    {
        return $this->toArray();
    }
}