jlaswell · December 12, 2015 15:42 · Dec 12, 2015
diff --git a/ReadOnly b/ReadOnly
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+<?php
+namespace App\Models\Traits;
+
+use ReflectionClass;
+
+/**
+ * Simply add this trait to make your model read only.
+ * This needs to be added to the model itself and not to the base Eloquent Model.
+ */ 
+trait ReadOnly
+{
+    public static function boot()
+    {
+        parent::boot();
+
+        $instance    = new ReflectionClass(static::class);
+        $observables = array_diff(
+            $instance->newInstance()->getObservableEvents(),
+            ['restoring', 'restored']
+        );
+        foreach ($observables as $event) {
+            static::$event(function ($model) {
+                throw new \Exception('The ' . static::class . ' class is restricted to be read only.');
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}