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Hide Attributes from JSON

When you are working with Eloquent Object, you can apply the makeHidden() (Laravel documentation) function before converting your object toArray().

This can prevent overriding attributes to be computed and increase the performance of converting the object into an array.

Basic Usage

use Yajra\DataTables\Facades\DataTables;
use App\Models\User;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = User::with('posts.comment')->query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
        ->makeHidden('posts')
        ->toJson();
});

Common Use Cases

Hide Sensitive Data

return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
    ->makeHidden(['password', 'api_token', 'remember_token'])
    ->toJson();

Hide Large Relationships

return DataTables::eloquent(Post::query())
    ->makeHidden(['comments', 'metadata'])
    ->toJson();

Combine with Make Visible

return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
    ->makeHidden('posts')  // Hide from serialization
    ->makeVisible('secret_field')  // Force visible
    ->toJson();

Performance Benefits

Method	Performance	Use Case
`makeHidden`	✅ Faster	Prevent attribute computation
`makeHidden`	✅ Better	Large relationships

[!TIP] Using makeHidden at the model level is more performant than filtering columns after serialization.

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