Jenssegers\Model\Model::attributesToArray PHP Method

    public function attributesToArray()
    {
        $attributes = $this->getArrayableAttributes();
        $mutatedAttributes = $this->getMutatedAttributes();
        // We want to spin through all the mutated attributes for this model and call
        // the mutator for the attribute. We cache off every mutated attributes so
        // we don't have to constantly check on attributes that actually change.
        foreach ($mutatedAttributes as $key) {
            if (!array_key_exists($key, $attributes)) {
                continue;
            }
            $attributes[$key] = $this->mutateAttributeForArray($key, $attributes[$key]);
        }
        // Next we will handle any casts that have been setup for this model and cast
        // the values to their appropriate type. If the attribute has a mutator we
        // will not perform the cast on those attributes to avoid any confusion.
        foreach ($this->casts as $key => $value) {
            if (!array_key_exists($key, $attributes) || in_array($key, $mutatedAttributes)) {
                continue;
            }
            $attributes[$key] = $this->castAttribute($key, $attributes[$key]);
        }
        // Here we will grab all of the appended, calculated attributes to this model
        // as these attributes are not really in the attributes array, but are run
        // when we need to array or JSON the model for convenience to the coder.
        foreach ($this->getArrayableAppends() as $key) {
            $attributes[$key] = $this->mutateAttributeForArray($key, null);
        }
        return $attributes;
    }