Ectype - Supercharge Your Enums

A PHP library that provides powerful traits and attributes to enhance your enums with labels, collections, and Laravel translation support.

Features

• Labels: Automatically generate human-readable labels or use custom labels via attributes.
• Translation: Built-in support for Laravel's translation system (Laravel projects only).
• Collections: Convenient methods to work with enum collections (names, values, select options).
• Invokable: Make enum cases callable to return their backing values.
• Framework Agnostic: Works in any PHP 8.1+ project, with optional Laravel integration.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require theranken/ectype

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Laravel 9+ (for translation features)

Usage

Basic Enum with Labels

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;

enum Status: string
{
    use HasLabel;

    case PENDING = 'pending';
    case APPROVED = 'approved';
    case REJECTED = 'rejected';
}

// Usage
$status = Status::PENDING;
echo $status->label(); // "Pending"

Custom Labels

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;
use Theranken\Ectype\Attributes\Enums\Label;

enum Status: string
{
    use HasLabel;

    #[Label('Awaiting Review')]
    case PENDING = 'pending';

    #[Label('Approved')]
    case APPROVED = 'approved';

    #[Label('Rejected')]
    case REJECTED = 'rejected';
}

// Usage
echo Status::PENDING->label(); // "Awaiting Review"

Translation Support

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;
use Theranken\Ectype\Attributes\Enums\Label;

enum Status: string
{
    use HasLabel;

    #[Label('status.pending', isTranslationKey: true)]
    case PENDING = 'pending';

    #[Label('status.approved', isTranslationKey: true)]
    case APPROVED = 'approved';
}

// Usage
echo Status::PENDING->trans(); // Translates using Laravel's trans() helper
echo Status::PENDING->trans('es'); // Translate to Spanish

Enum Collections

Backed Enum

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;
use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasEnumCollections;

enum Status: string
{
    use HasLabel, HasEnumCollections;

    case PENDING = 'pending';
    case APPROVED = 'approved';
    case REJECTED = 'rejected';
}

// Usage
Status::names(); // ['PENDING', 'APPROVED', 'REJECTED']
Status::values(); // ['pending', 'approved', 'rejected']
Status::nameValues(); // ['PENDING' => 'pending', ...]
Status::toSelectArray(); // ['pending' => 'Pending', 'approved' => 'Approved', ...]
Status::toOptionsArray(); // [['name' => 'PENDING', 'value' => 'pending', 'label' => 'Pending'], ...]

Pure (Non-Backed) Enum

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;
use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasEnumCollections;

enum Priority
{
    use HasLabel, HasEnumCollections;

    case LOW;
    case MEDIUM;
    case HIGH;
}

// Usage
Priority::names(); // ['LOW', 'MEDIUM', 'HIGH']
Priority::values(); // ['LOW', 'MEDIUM', 'HIGH'] (same as names for pure enums)
Priority::nameValues(); // ['LOW' => 'LOW', 'MEDIUM' => 'MEDIUM', ...]
Priority::toSelectArray(); // ['LOW' => 'Low', 'MEDIUM' => 'Medium', ...]
Priority::toOptionsArray(); // [['name' => 'LOW', 'value' => 'LOW', 'label' => 'Low'], ...]

Invokable Enums

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\Invokable;

enum Status: string
{
    use Invokable;

    case PENDING = 'pending';
    case APPROVED = 'approved';
}

// Usage
$status = Status::PENDING;
echo $status(); // 'pending'

API Reference

Traits

HasLabel

Provides methods for working with enum labels and translations.

• label(): string - Get the human-readable label for the enum case.
• trans(?string $locale = null): string - Get the translated label using Laravel's translation system.

HasEnumCollections

Provides static methods for working with enum collections.

• names(): array<string> - Get all enum case names.
• values(): array<scalar> - Get all enum case backing values.
• nameValues(): array<string, scalar> - Get associative array of names => values.
• valueNames(): array<scalar, string> - Get associative array of values => names.
• toSelectArray(): array<scalar, string> - Get options for select inputs (requires HasLabel).
• toOptionsArray(): array<array<string, mixed>> - Get detailed options array.

Invokable

Makes enum cases callable to return their backing value.

• __invoke(): mixed - Returns the backing value of the enum case.

Attributes

Label

Define custom labels for enum cases.

#[Label(string $label, bool $isTranslationKey = false)]

• $label: The label text or translation key.
• $isTranslationKey: Whether the label is a translation key (default: false).

Laravel Integration

Translation Files

Create translation files in resources/lang/:

// resources/lang/en/status.php
return [
    'pending' => 'Pending',
    'approved' => 'Approved',
    'rejected' => 'Rejected',
];

// resources/lang/es/status.php
return [
    'pending' => 'Pendiente',
    'approved' => 'Aprobado',
    'rejected' => 'Rechazado',
];

Automatic Translation Keys

If no Label attribute is provided, the library generates translation keys based on the enum class and value:

• App\Enums\Status::PENDING becomes status.pending
• App\Enums\Order\Status::PENDING becomes order.status.pending

Non-Laravel Usage

The library can be used in any PHP 8.1+ project, not just Laravel applications. All features work except for the trans() method in the HasLabel trait, which depends on Laravel's translation system.

Core Features That Work Without Laravel

• HasLabel: The label() method works for generating human-readable labels from enum names or custom Label attributes.
• HasEnumCollections: All collection methods work (names, values, arrays, etc.).
• Invokable: Makes enum cases callable to return their values.
• Label Attribute: Works for custom labels.

Limitations

The trans() method in HasLabel won't work because it depends on Laravel's trans() helper function.

Adapted Usage Examples

<?php

namespace YourNamespace\Enums;

use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasLabel;
use Theranken\Ectype\Traits\Enums\HasEnumCollections;
use Theranken\Ectype\Attributes\Enums\Label;

enum Status: string
{
    use HasLabel, HasEnumCollections;

    #[Label('Awaiting Review')]
    case PENDING = 'pending';

    case APPROVED = 'approved';
    case REJECTED = 'rejected';
}

// These work perfectly:
echo Status::PENDING->label(); // "Awaiting Review"
echo Status::APPROVED->label(); // "Approved" (auto-generated)

$names = Status::names(); // ['PENDING', 'APPROVED', 'REJECTED']
$values = Status::values(); // ['pending', 'approved', 'rejected']
$selectOptions = Status::toSelectArray(); // ['pending' => 'Awaiting Review', ...]

Handling Translations Without Laravel

For translation support in non-Laravel projects, you'll need to implement your own translation system. Here are two approaches:

Option 1: Custom Translation Trait

Create your own translation trait that works with your preferred i18n library:

<?php

trait HasTranslations
{
    public function trans(?string $locale = null): string
    {
        // Implement using your translation library
        // Example with a simple array-based system:
        $translations = [
            'en' => ['pending' => 'Pending', 'approved' => 'Approved'],
            'es' => ['pending' => 'Pendiente', 'approved' => 'Aprobado'],
        ];

        $key = strtolower($this->value ?? $this->name);
        return $translations[$locale ?? 'en'][$key] ?? $this->label();
    }
}

Option 2: Skip Translation Features

Simply don't use the trans() method and rely on the label() method for display text. This works well for applications that don't need internationalization.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.