alrahma_sunday_school_api/app/Models/CommunicationLog.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

class CommunicationLog extends BaseModel
{
    protected $table = 'communication_logs';

    // legacy model didn't enable timestamps; keep off unless your table has created_at/updated_at.
    public $timestamps = false;

    protected $fillable = ['student_id', 'family_id', 'student_name', 'template_key', 'subject', 'body', 'recipients', 'cc', 'bcc', 'attachments', 'status', 'error_message', 'sent_by', 'metadata'];

    public function getFillable(): array
    {
        return $this->fillable;
    }

    protected $casts = [
        'student_id' => 'integer',
        'family_id' => 'integer',
        'sent_by' => 'integer',

        // If these columns are JSON in DB, this will auto convert to arrays
        'recipients' => 'array',
        'cc' => 'array',
        'bcc' => 'array',
        'attachments' => 'array',
        'metadata' => 'array',
    ];

    /* Optional relationships */
    public function student()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Student::class, 'student_id');
    }

    public function sender()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'sent_by');
    }
}