Changelog

Here's a quick overview of the new features in the latest major versions of the package.

4.1.0

• Added feature for generating TypeScript definitions from DTOs.

4.0.0

• Added support for Laravel 12.

• Removed support for Laravel 9 and 10.

• Removed support for PHP 8.1, minimum version now is 8.2.

3.10.0

• Added Lazy Validation feature.

3.9.0

• Renamed the $data property to $dtoData and marked it as internal to avoid issues with conflicts.

3.8.0

• Added support for Arrayable.

3.7.0

• The buildDataForExport method is now protected, making it possible to create custom Data Transformer methods for the DTOs.

3.6.0

• The $data property resets to an empty array after the DTO is initialized.

3.5.0

• Laravel 11 support.

3.4.0

• Added the dto:stubs command to publish the DTO stubs to be customized.

• Fixed issue with file validation.

3.3.0

• Added the after method to ValidatedDTO to be able to use the After Hook when validating data.

3.2.0

• Added the Cast attribute to define custom casting for DTO properties.

3.1.0

• Added the Rules attribute to define custom validation rules for DTO properties.

• Added the DefaultValue attribute to define default values for DTO properties.

• Added the Map attribute to define the custom mapping for DTO properties.

• Added the EmptyCasts trait to be used by DTOs that don't have any casts.

• Added the EmptyRules trait to be used by DTOs that don't have any validation rules or that are using the Rules attribute for validation.

• Added the EmptyDefaults trait to be used by DTOs that don't have any default values or that are using the DefaultValue attribute for default values.

3.0.0

• Use DTO as it was a Form Request

• Ability to customize the path/namespace of the generated DTOs.

• DTO classes generated with the make command are slimmer.

• Ability to cast array items when using the ArrayCast.

• New EnumCast for casting values to Enums. Work with UnitEnum and BackedEnum.

• mapBeforeValidation() was renamed to mapData().

• mapBeforeExport() was renamed to mapToTransform().

• ->toJson() method now returns a JSON string without any formatting. Use ->toPrettyJson() instead.