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  Laravel Permission
=====================

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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/introduction)
- [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/support-us)
- [ Prerequisites ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/prerequisites)
- [ Installation in Laravel ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/installation-laravel)
- [ Installation in Lumen ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/installation-lumen)
- [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/upgrading)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/questions-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/changelog)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/about-us)

Basic Usage
-----------

- [ Basic Usage ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/basic-usage)
- [ Direct Permissions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/direct-permissions)
- [ Using Permissions via Roles ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/role-permissions)
- [ Wildcard permissions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/wildcard-permissions)
- [ Blade directives ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/blade-directives)
- [ Defining a Super-Admin ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/super-admin)
- [ Using multiple guards ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/multiple-guards)
- [ Using artisan commands ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/artisan)
- [ Using a middleware ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/middleware)
- [ Example App ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/basic-usage/new-app)

Best Practices
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- [ Roles vs Permissions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/best-practices/roles-vs-permissions)
- [ Model Policies ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/best-practices/using-policies)
- [ Performance Tips ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/best-practices/performance)

Advanced usage
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- [ Testing ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/testing)
- [ Database Seeding ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/seeding)
- [ Exceptions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/exceptions)
- [ Extending ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/extending)
- [ Cache ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/cache)
- [ UUID ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/uuid)
- [ PhpStorm Interaction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/phpstorm)
- [ Other ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/other)
- [ Timestamps ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/timestamps)
- [ UI Options ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v4/advanced-usage/ui-options)

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Timestamps
==========

### Excluding Timestamps from JSON

If you want to exclude timestamps from JSON output of role/permission pivots, you can extend the Role and Permission models into your own App namespace and mark the pivot as hidden:

```
    protected $hidden = ['pivot'];
```

### Adding Timestamps to Pivots

If you want to add timestamps to your pivot tables, you can do it with a few steps:

- update the tables by calling `$table->timestamps();` in a migration
- extend the Permission and Role models and add `->withTimestamps();` to the BelongsToMany relationshps for `roles()` and `permissions()`
- update your User models (wherever you use the HasRoles or HasPermissions traits) by adding `->withTimestamps();` to the BelongsToMany relationshps for `roles()` and `permissions()`