Names, values and labels

Get every case’s name, backed value or readable label as an Illuminate\Support\Collection, in declaration order — call ->all() for a plain array:

NewsCategory::names()->all();    // ['HotNews', 'RegularNews', 'PrivateNews']
NewsCategory::values()->all();   // ['hot-news', 'regular-news', 'private-news']
NewsCategory::storable()->all(); // ['hot-news', 'regular-news', 'private-news']
NewsCategory::labels()->all();   // ['Hot News', 'Regular News', 'Private News']

NewsCategory::collect();  // Collection<NewsCategory> — every case as an instance
NewsCategory::count();    // 3

Method	Returns	Contents
`names()`	`Collection<int, string>`	Case names.
`values()`	`Collection<int, string\|int>`	Backed values (case names on a pure enum).
`storable()`	`Collection<int, string\|int>`	Same as values().
`labels()`	`Collection<int, string>`	readable() of every case.
`collect()`	`Collection<int, self>`	Every case as an enum instance.
`count()`	`int`	The number of cases.

Persisting the allowed set

storable() is the persistence-flavoured alias of values() — both return the raw backed values (the case names on a pure enum), handy for validation rules, database enum columns or persisting an allowed set:

use App\Enums\NewsCategory;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

Schema::create('articles', function (Blueprint $table): void {
    $table->id();
    $table->string('title');
    $table->enum('category', NewsCategory::storable()->all());
    $table->timestamps();
});

Chaining

Everything returns a regular Illuminate\Support\Collection, so the full Collection API is available:

NewsCategory::values()->all();          // plain PHP array
NewsCategory::labels()->implode(', ');  // "Hot News, Regular News, Private News"

NewsCategory::collect()
    ->reject(fn (NewsCategory $category): bool => $category->is(NewsCategory::PrivateNews))
    ->map(fn (NewsCategory $category): string => $category->label())
    ->values()
    ->all();                            // ['Hot News', 'Regular News']

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