Laravel 8: How to use helper class in model

Question

I think this seems clumsy. How do you suggest I use a helper class in my model when setting an attribute?

I want to avoid using static methods.

use App\Helpers\Tools;

class Customer extends Model
{
    public function setPhoneAttribute(string $value): void
    {
        $this->attributes['phone'] = (new Tools)->clean($value);
    }
}

This doesn't seemd to work:

use App\Helpers\Tools;

class Customer extends Model
{
    public function setPhoneAttribute(Tools $tools, string $value): void
    {
        $this->attributes['phone'] = $tools->clean($value);
    }
}

Answer 1

this way should be working without errors:

use App\Helpers\Tools;

class Customer extends Model
{
    public function setPhoneAttribute(string $value): void
    {
        $this->attributes['phone'] = (new Tools)->clean($value);
    }
}

the other code snippet is incorrect, set{Column}Attribute will only pass the $value argument.

you can create your own helper function or Facade to help you control the actual class/function performing the clean from one place.