[Bug] Unable to cast repeatable into fake columns , it cant show the saved data

Bug report

For the new repeatable i need to cast the columns but if the repeatable is inside a fake column, that is already cast, the repeatable cant retrieve the data and it always empty

What I did

I have a fake columns in my model with cast as array In the crud controller i have a repeatable with ‘fake’ => true, ‘store_in’ => ‘extras’,

What I expected to happen

All the data saved in the repeatable shows up

What happened

Repeatable is always empty

Is it a bug in the latest version of Backpack?

Yes

After I run composer update backpack/crud the bug… is it still there? Yes

Backpack, Laravel, PHP, DB version

When I run php artisan backpack:version the output is:

PHP VERSION:

PHP 8.1.4 (cli) (built: Apr 4 2022 13:30:33) (NTS) Copyright © The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.1.4, Copyright © Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.1.4, Copyright ©, by Zend Technologies

LARAVEL VERSION:

v9.5.1@35be2599c9ac3d58bf1578895c2e85ea4848a0d7

BACKPACK VERSION:

5.0.11@337163b7e9a0e63413474bd3ee800a198f83c8e9

[SebastianCordiano]

@tabacitu @pxpm I think i found a rude solution for that

What i do: In the crud controller i overwrote the store/edit methods , with a function to encode the fields with a custom parameter , called ‘encode’, and replace the current request, here the code: `

private function encodeFields(){
        $request = $this->crud->getRequest()->request->all();    
        $operation= $this->crud->getCurrentOperation();
        $fields = $this->crud->get($operation.'.fields');
        foreach($fields as $field){
            if(isset($field['encode']) && $field['encode']){
                $request[$field['name']]=json_encode($this->crud->getRequest()->request->all()[$field['name']]);
            }
        }
        $this->crud->getRequest()->request->replace($request);
}
public function store(){
        $this->encodeFields();

	$response = $this->traitStore();
        return $response;
}

` That allowed the repeatable to retrieve the data and store it without problems

Idk if that helps you , but is a solution for this specif case

[SebastianCordiano]

@pxpm Just assume the case for the PageManager: I create various template for the pages , all the data will be stored inside the extras (fake column) , inside that template i need a repeatable for various reason (ex: slider, listing or just n block all displayed the same but with different data), in that case i was unable to use it there ?