---
title: "Quick start — Enums for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Add the Helpers trait to an enum and get labels, options, lookups, validation and comparisons in one line."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/enums-for-laravel/quick-start
language: en
---

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# Quick start

Add the RoundlyConsulting\\Enums\\Helpers trait to any enum. Backed (string or int) enums get every method:

```php
namespace App\Enums;

use RoundlyConsulting\Enums\Helpers;

enum NewsCategory: string
{
    use Helpers;

    case HotNews = 'hot-news';
    case RegularNews = 'regular-news';
    case PrivateNews = 'private-news';
}
```

Every helper is now available on the enum and its cases:

```php
NewsCategory::HotNews->label();       // "Hot News"
NewsCategory::values();               // ['hot-news', 'regular-news', 'private-news']
NewsCategory::toOptions();            // ['hot-news' => 'Hot News', 'regular-news' => 'Regular News', ...]
NewsCategory::options();              // Collection<EnumOption> for JS selects
NewsCategory::fromName('HotNews');    // NewsCategory::HotNews
NewsCategory::tryFromLabel('Nope');   // null
NewsCategory::validationRule();       // 'in:hot-news,regular-news,private-news'
NewsCategory::random();               // a random case
NewsCategory::count();                // 3

NewsCategory::HotNews->isIn([NewsCategory::HotNews, NewsCategory::RegularNews]); // true
```

The collection helpers — names(), values(), labels(), toOptions() and friends — return Illuminate\\Support\\Collection instances; the comments show their contents as arrays for readability.

## With Eloquent

The trait sits happily next to Laravel’s native enum cast, so a model attribute comes back as a case with every helper on it:

```php
use App\Enums\NewsCategory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

final class Article extends Model
{
    /**
     * @return array<string, string>
     */
    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'category' => NewsCategory::class,
        ];
    }
}

$article->category->label();                       // "Hot News"
$article->category->is(NewsCategory::PrivateNews); // false
```

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