Fix problem with columns named 'id', 'data' etc

app/Http/Controllers/TableController.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Revision;
+use App\Models\Row;
 use App\Models\Table;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Tables\Changeset;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class TableController extends Controller
         if (count($columns)) $rq = $rq->sortByCol($columns[0]);
         $rows = $rq->paginate(25, []);
 
+        Row::disableCasts();
         return view('table.view', [
             'table' => $tableModel,
             'revision' => $revision,

app/Http/Controllers/TableEditController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Proposal;
+use App\Models\Row;
 use App\Models\Table;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Tables\Changeset;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class TableEditController extends Controller
             ->sortByCol($changeset->fetchRevisionColumns()[0])
             ->paginate(25, []);
 
+        Row::disableCasts();
         return view('table.propose.edit-rows', [
             'changeset' => $changeset,
             'table' => $changeset->table,

app/Models/Row.php

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
  */
 class Row extends BaseModel
 {
+    protected static $noCasts = false;
+    protected static $noCastsStack = [];
+
     protected $casts = [
         'data' => 'object',
     ];
@@ -20,6 +23,25 @@ class Row extends BaseModel
     protected $guarded = [];
     public $timestamps = false;
 
+    public static function disableCasts()
+    {
+        array_push(self::$noCastsStack, self::$noCasts);
+        self::$noCasts = true;
+    }
+
+    public static function enableCasts()
+    {
+        self::$noCasts = array_pop(self::$noCastsStack);
+    }
+
+    public function getCasts()
+    {
+        // This override is needed to prevent casting 'id' to int when it occurs
+        // as a field in a result of the rowData query
+        // (this caused display of zeros in string cols)
+        return self::$noCasts ? [] : $this->casts;
+    }
+
     public function getRowIdAttribute() {
         return $this->data->_id;
     }

app/Tables/BaseExporter.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 namespace App\Tables;
 
 
+use App\Models\Row;
 use App\Models\Table;
 
 /**
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ abstract class BaseExporter
         $count = $revision->rows()->count();
 
         $start = 0;
+
         $rq = $revision->rowsData($this->columns, false);
 
         $columns = $this->columns;
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ abstract class BaseExporter
         // TODO raw query to allow selecting aggregates, column subsets, etc
         if (count($columns)) $rq = $rq->sortByCol($columns[0]);
 
+        Row::disableCasts();
         while ($start < $count) {
             $rows = $rq->offset($start)->limit($chunkSize)->get()->toArray();
 
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ abstract class BaseExporter
 
             $start += $chunkSize;
         }
+        Row::enableCasts();
     }
 
     /**

app/Tables/Changeset.php

@@ -435,7 +435,10 @@ class Changeset
         unset($r->pivot_revision_id);
         unset($r->pivot_row_id);
 
-        return (object)$r->getAttributes();
+        Row::disableCasts();
+        $vals = (object)$r->getAttributes();
+        Row::enableCasts();
+        return $vals;
     }
 
     /**

resources/views/table/_rows.blade.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 --}}
 
 @php
-  /** @var object[] $columns */
+  /** @var \App\Tables\Column[] $columns */
   /** @var \App\Tables\Changeset[] $changeset */
   /** @var \App\Models\Row[] $rows */
 @endphp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 <table class="table table-hover table-sm">
   <thead>
   <tr>
-    {{--<th>#</th>--}}
     @foreach($columns as $col)
       <th title="{{$col->name}}">{{ $col->title }}</th>
     @endforeach
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
   <tbody>
   @foreach($rows as $row)
     <tr>
-      {{--<td>{{$row->_id}}</td>--}}
       @foreach($columns as $col)
         <td>{{ $row->{$col->name} }}</td>
       @endforeach