entity) { return $this->entity; } // The entity id can appear as invoices, invoice_id, public_id or id $publicId = false; foreach (['_id', 's'] as $suffix) { $field = $this->entityType . $suffix; if ($this->$field) { $publicId= $this->$field; } } if ( ! $publicId) { $publicId = Input::get('public_id') ?: Input::get('id'); } if ( ! $publicId) { return null; } $class = Utils::getEntityClass($this->entityType); if (method_exists($class, 'withTrashed')) { $this->entity = $class::scope($publicId)->withTrashed()->firstOrFail(); } else { $this->entity = $class::scope($publicId)->firstOrFail(); } return $this->entity; } public function authorize() { if ($this->entity()) { return $this->user()->can('view', $this->entity()); } else { return $this->user()->can('create', $this->entityType); } } public function rules() { return []; } }