Get previous attribute value in Eloquent model event

eloquent, laravel, laravel-4, php

Solution

Ok, I found this quite by chance, as it's not in the documentation at present...

There is a `getOriginal()` method available which returns an array of the original attribute values:

User::updating(function($user)
{
    if ($user->username != $user->getOriginal('username')) {
        doSomething();
    }

    // If you need multiple attributes you may use:
    // $originalAttributes = $user->getOriginal();
    // $originalUsername = $originalAttributes['username']; 
});

Be careful, prior to Laravel 7 `getOriginal` ignores attribute type casting.

Problem

Is there a way to see the old/previous value of a model's attribute in its `saving` or `updating` event? eg. Is something like the following possible: ``` User::updating(function($user) { if ($user->username != $user->old->username) doSomething(); }); ```

Original source