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A lightweight PHP package for Laravel-style toReadonlyArray() support — perfect for DTO (Data Transfer Objects), JsonResource, Jobs, Events, or any class where you want to output an immutable array version of an object.

✨ Features

• ✅ ToReadonlyArray interface for consistent API
• ✅ CastsToReadonlyArray trait that automatically converts public readonly properties into array
• ✅ Built for PHP 8.2+ and Laravel-style architecture
• ✅ Ideal for Clean Architecture & modular DTO-based apps
• ✅ Zero dependencies – ultra lightweight

🔧 Installation

composer require kalimero/readonly-array-support

⚠️ Requires PHP >= 8.2

🚀 Usage

1. Create a DTO

use Kalimero\ReadonlyArray\Contracts\ToReadonlyArray;
use Kalimero\ReadonlyArray\Traits\CastsToReadonlyArray;

readonly class ProductDTO implements ToReadonlyArray
{
    use CastsToReadonlyArray;

    public function __construct(
        public int $id,
        public string $name,
        public float $price,
    ) {}
}

2. Use in your application

$dto = new ProductDTO(1, 'T-Shirt', 29.99);

// Get as immutable array
$data = $dto->toReadonlyArray();

// Pass to Eloquent create
Product::create($data);

3. Works great for:

• ✅ FormRequest -> DTO -> Model
• ✅ Event Broadcasting
• ✅ Logging/Audit trails
• ✅ Queue Jobs
• ✅ JsonResource transformation

💡 Why toReadonlyArray?

Laravel supports Arrayable, Responsable, JsonSerializable, etc. But sometimes you want to pass clean, readonly arrays between layers (DTOs, Jobs, APIs). This package gives you:

• ✅ Consistent, immutable snapshot of data
• ✅ DRY code – no more fromArray() or manual mapping
• ✅ Works beautifully with Laravel mass-assignment

🧪 Testing

vendor/bin/phpunit

📄 License

MIT License © 2025 KalimeroMK