reconstruction of the project

app/Models/AttendanceEmailTemplate.php

@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use App\Models\BaseModel;
 
-class AttendanceEmailTemplate extends Model
+class AttendanceEmailTemplate extends BaseModel
 {
     protected $table = 'email_templates';
+
+    // ✅ Laravel will auto-manage created_at / updated_at
+    public $timestamps = false;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'code',
         'variant',
@@ -16,35 +20,32 @@ class AttendanceEmailTemplate extends Model
         'updated_by',
         'updated_at',
     ];
-    public $timestamps = false;
 
     protected $casts = [
-        'is_active' => 'boolean',
+        'is_active'  => 'boolean',
         'updated_by' => 'integer',
-        'updated_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
 
     /**
-     * Fetch an active template by code and variant, falling back to default.
+     * Fetch a template by code and variant, falling back to 'default' if needed.
+     * Active only.
      */
-    public function getTemplate(string $code, string $variant = 'default'): ?array
+    public static function getTemplate(string $code, string $variant = 'default'): ?self
     {
-        $row = self::query()
+        $row = static::query()
             ->where('code', $code)
             ->where('variant', $variant)
-            ->where('is_active', true)
+            ->where('is_active', 1)
             ->first();
 
         if ($row) {
-            return $row->toArray();
+            return $row;
         }
 
-        $row = self::query()
+        return static::query()
             ->where('code', $code)
             ->where('variant', 'default')
-            ->where('is_active', true)
+            ->where('is_active', 1)
             ->first();
-
-        return $row ? $row->toArray() : null;
     }
-}
+}