public function getFormValue($key)
{
$value = $this->getAttributeFromArray($key);
// If the attribute is listed as a date, we will convert it to a DateTime
// instance on retrieval, which makes it quite convenient to work with
// date fields without having to create a mutator for each property.
if (in_array($key, $this->getDates())) {
if (!is_null($value)) {
$value = $this->asDateTime($value);
}
}
// If the attribute has a get mutator, we will call that then return what
// it returns as the value, which is useful for transforming values on
// retrieval from the model to a form that is more useful for usage.
if ($this->hasFormMutator($key)) {
return $this->mutateFormAttribute($key, $value);
}
// No form mutator, let the model resolve this
return data_get($this, $key);
}
