reconstruction of the project

app/Models/EarlyDismissalSignature.php

@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use App\Models\BaseModel;
 
-class EarlyDismissalSignature extends Model
+class EarlyDismissalSignature extends BaseModel
 {
     protected $table = 'early_dismissal_signatures';
+
+    // ✅ CI: timestamps enabled (created_at/updated_at)
+    public $timestamps = true;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'report_date',
         'school_year',
@@ -19,5 +23,18 @@ class EarlyDismissalSignature extends Model
         'created_at',
         'updated_at',
     ];
-    public $timestamps = true;
+
+    protected $casts = [
+        // report_date is stored as Y-m-d in CI validation; keep as date
+        'report_date' => 'date',
+
+        'file_size'   => 'integer',
+        'uploaded_by' => 'integer',
+    ];
+
+    /* Optional relationship */
+    public function uploader()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'uploaded_by');
+    }
 }