User.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
/**
 * App\User
 *
 * @property int $id
 * @property string $username
 * @property string $email
 * @property string|null $avatar
 * @property string|null $password
 * @property string|null $autologin
 * @property int $public_front
 * @property string|null $remember_token
 * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $created_at
 * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $updated_at
 * @property-read \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\App\Item[] $items
 * @property-read int|null $items_count
 * @property-read \Illuminate\Notifications\DatabaseNotificationCollection|\Illuminate\Notifications\DatabaseNotification[] $notifications
 * @property-read int|null $notifications_count
 * @property-read \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\App\Setting[] $settings
 * @property-read int|null $settings_count
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User newModelQuery()
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User newQuery()
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User query()
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereAutologin($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereAvatar($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereCreatedAt($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereEmail($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereId($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User wherePassword($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User wherePublicFront($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereRememberToken($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereUpdatedAt($value)
 * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|User whereUsername($value)
 * @mixin \Eloquent
 */
// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable;

    use HasFactory;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'username', 'email', 'password',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];

    /**
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getId()
    {
        return $this->id;
    }

    /**
     * Get the items for the user.
     */
    public function items(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Item::class);
    }

    /**
     * The settings that belong to the user.
     */
    public function settings(): BelongsToMany
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Setting::class)->withPivot('uservalue');
    }

    public static function currentUser()
    {
        $current_user = session('current_user');
        if ($current_user) { // if logged in, set this user
            return $current_user;
        } else { // not logged in, get first user
            $user = self::where('public_front', true)->first();
            if (! $user) {
                $user = self::first();
            }
            session(['current_user' => $user]);

            return $user;
        }
    }
}