add the possibility to use a makeHidden() on an Eloquent Object

Author: Arkhas

src/DataTableAbstract.php

@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ public function escapeColumns($columns = '*')
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add a makeHidden() to the row object
+     *
+     * @param array          $attributes
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function makeHidden(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+
+        $this->columnDef['make_hidden'] = array_merge_recursive($this->columnDef['make_hidden'] ?: [], $attributes);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set columns that should not be escaped.
      * Optionally merge the defaults from config.

src/Processors/DataProcessor.php

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public function __construct($results, array $columnDef, array $templates, $start
         $this->escapeColumns = $columnDef['escape'];
         $this->includeIndex  = $columnDef['index'];
         $this->rawColumns    = $columnDef['raw'];
+        $this->makeHidden    = $columnDef['make_hidden'];
         $this->templates     = $templates;
         $this->start         = $start;
     }
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public function process($object = false)
         $indexColumn  = config('datatables.index_column', 'DT_RowIndex');
 
         foreach ($this->results as $row) {
-            $data  = Helper::convertToArray($row);
+            $data  = Helper::convertToArray($row, ['make_hidden' => $this->makeHidden]);
             $value = $this->addColumns($data, $row);
             $value = $this->editColumns($value, $row);
             $value = $this->setupRowVariables($value, $row);
@@ -179,7 +180,17 @@ protected function selectOnlyNeededColumns(array $data)
         if (is_null($this->onlyColumns)) {
             return $data;
         } else {
-            return array_intersect_key($data, array_flip(array_merge($this->onlyColumns, $this->exceptions)));
+            $dotted_array = array_intersect_key(
+                array_dot($data),
+                array_flip(array_merge($this->onlyColumns, $this->exceptions))
+            );
+
+            $nested_array = [];
+            foreach ($dotted_array as $key => $value) {
+                array_set($nested_array, $key, $value);
+            }
+
+            return $nested_array;
         }
     }
 

src/Utilities/Helper.php

@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@ public static function getOrMethod($method)
      * Converts array object values to associative array.
      *
      * @param mixed $row
+     * @param array $filters
      * @return array
      */
-    public static function convertToArray($row)
+    public static function convertToArray($row, $filters = [])
     {
+        $row = method_exists($row, 'makeHidden') ? $row->makeHidden($filters['make_hidden']) : $row;
         $data = $row instanceof Arrayable ? $row->toArray() : (array) $row;
 
         foreach ($data as &$value) {