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BaseModel.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use RecursiveArrayIterator;
use RecursiveIteratorIterator;

class BaseModel extends Model
{

    /**
     * Shows All the columns of the Corresponding Table of Model.
     *
     * If You need to get all the Columns of the Model Table.
     * Useful while including the columns in search
     * @return array
     **/
    public function getTableColumns():array
    {
        $cacheKey = Str::of(get_class($this))
                    ->append(':')
                    ->append('COLUMNS_OF_TABLE')
                    ->__toString();

        return Cache::rememberForever($cacheKey, function () {

            return $this->getConnection()
                        ->getSchemaBuilder()
                        ->getColumnListing($this->getTable()); 
        });        
    }
    
    /**
     * Scope a query to only exclude specific Columns.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder $query
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
     */
    public function scopeExclude($query, ...$columns)
    {
        if ($columns !== []) {
            if (count($columns) !== count($columns, COUNT_RECURSIVE)) {
                $columns = iterator_to_array(new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveArrayIterator($columns)));
            }

            return $query->select(array_diff($this->getTableColumns(), $columns));
        }
    }
}