From f8c6ec95f6fad2f406ec70d6748945dd6de0f218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Ellis <awellis89@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:20:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] allow a user to define the type overrides

---
 config/ide-helper.php         | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 src/Console/ModelsCommand.php | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/ide-helper.php b/config/ide-helper.php
index e575923..5c567da 100644
--- a/config/ide-helper.php
+++ b/config/ide-helper.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php 
+<?php
 
 return array(
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ return array(
             'emergency' => 'Monolog\Logger::addEmergency',
         )
     ),
-    
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Interface implementations
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ return array(
     | are detected by the helpers, others can be listed below.
     |
     */
-    
+
     'interfaces' => array(
 
     ),
@@ -142,4 +142,17 @@ return array(
      */
     'model_camel_case_properties' => false,
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Property Casts
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Cast the given "real type" to the given "type".
+    |
+    */
+   'type_overrides' => array(
+       // 'integer' => 'int',
+       // 'boolean' => 'bool',
+   )
+
 );
diff --git a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
index d1324fc..6b47d5b 100644
--- a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
@@ -279,11 +279,24 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
             if (!isset($this->properties[$name])) {
                 continue;
             } else {
-                $this->properties[$name]['type'] = $realType;
+                $this->properties[$name]['type'] = $this->getTypeOverride($realType);
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the overide type for the give type.
+     *
+     * @param string $type
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getTypeOverride($type)
+    {
+        $typeOverrides = $this->laravel['config']->get('ide-helper.type_overrides', array());
+
+        return isset($typeOverrides[$type]) ? $typeOverrides[$type] : $type;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the properties from the database table.
      *