Point Accessors for Eloquent (Laravel)

point_model.php

<?php

class ModelName extends Eloquent {

	// Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23750526
	// Assuming Point is entered as text. Eg:  41,29
	public function setLocationAttribute($value) {
		$loc = explode(',',$value);
		$this->attributes['location'] = DB::raw("ST_GeomFromText('POINT(".$loc[0]." ".$loc[1].")', 4326)");
	}
	
	public function getLocationAttribute($value) {
		$id =  $this->attributes['id'];
		$wkt = DB::table('table_name')->find( $id, array(DB::raw('ST_AsText(location) AS location')));
		$location = $wkt->location;
		return $location;
	}

}
?>