thats-me/backend/app/Models/Event.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;

class Event extends Model
{
    /** @use HasFactory<\Database\Factories\EventFactory> */
    use HasFactory;

    protected $fillable = [
        'client_id',
        'title',
        'date',
        'end_date',
        'location',
        'category',
        'people',
        'emotion',
        'milestone',
        'custom_color',
        'gradient_preset',
        'image',
        'key_image_title',
        'note',
    ];

    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            // `date` is a pure calendar date and is deliberately NOT cast to a
            // Carbon instance: a casted value is bound into cursor-pagination
            // queries as "Y-m-d H:i:s", which never matches the "Y-m-d" the
            // DATE column holds, and it drags a timezone into a value that has
            // none. It stays the raw "Y-m-d" string.
            'emotion' => 'decimal:3',
            'gradient_preset' => 'integer',
            'people' => 'array',
            'milestone' => 'boolean',
        ];
    }

    public function user(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
    }

    public function media(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(EventMedia::class);
    }
}