Hidden

The Hidden attribute allows you to exclude specific properties from serialization.

Basic Usage

use Alamellama\Carapace\Attributes\Hidden;
use Alamellama\Carapace\ImmutableDTO;

final class User extends ImmutableDTO
{
    public function __construct(
        public string $name,
        public string $email,

        #[Hidden]
        public string $password,
    ) {}
}

$user = User::from([
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'email' => 'john.doe@example.com',
    'password' => 'secret123',
]);

print_r($user->toArray());

// Output:
[
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'email' => 'john.doe@example.com',
    // password is excluded from serialization
]

The Hidden attribute works with both toArray() and toJson() methods, ensuring sensitive data is never included in serialized output.