<?php namespace Modules\Media\Entities;

use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Modules\Media\ValueObjects\MediaPath;

/**
 * Class File
 * @package Modules\Media\Entities
 * @property \Modules\Media\ValueObjects\MediaPath path
 */
class File extends Model
{
    use Translatable;
    /**
     * All the different images types where thumbnails should be created
     * @var array
     */
    private $imageExtensions = ['jpg', 'png', 'jpeg', 'gif'];

    protected $table = 'media__files';
    public $translatedAttributes = ['description', 'alt_attribute', 'keywords'];
    protected $fillable = [
        'description',
        'alt_attribute',
        'keywords',
        'filename',
        'path',
        'extension',
        'mimetype',
        'width',
        'height',
        'filesize',
        'folder_id',
    ];
    protected $appends = ['path_string'];

    public function getPathAttribute($value)
    {
        return new MediaPath($value);
    }

    public function getPathStringAttribute()
    {
        return (string) $this->path;
    }

    public function isImage()
    {
        return in_array(pathinfo($this->path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), $this->imageExtensions);
    }
}

<?php namespace Modules\Media\Entities;

use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Modules\Media\ValueObjects\MediaPath;

/**
 * Class File
 * @package Modules\Media\Entities
 * @property \Modules\Media\ValueObjects\MediaPath path
 */
class File extends Model
{
    use Translatable;
    /**
     * All the different images types where thumbnails should be created
     * @var array
     */
    private $imageExtensions = ['jpg', 'png', 'jpeg', 'gif'];

    protected $table = 'media__files';
    public $translatedAttributes = ['description', 'alt_attribute', 'keywords'];
    protected $fillable = [
        'description',
        'alt_attribute',
        'keywords',
        'filename',
        'path',
        'extension',
        'mimetype',
        'width',
        'height',
        'filesize',
        'folder_id',
    ];

    public function getPathAttribute($value)
    {
        return new MediaPath($value);
    }

    public function isImage()
    {
        return in_array(pathinfo($this->path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), $this->imageExtensions);
    }
}

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+++ 
@@ -33,10 +33,16 @@
         'filesize',
         'folder_id',
     ];
+    protected $appends = ['path_string'];
 
     public function getPathAttribute($value)
     {
         return new MediaPath($value);
+    }
+
+    public function getPathStringAttribute()
+    {
+        return (string) $this->path;
     }
 
     public function isImage()
Add method to get the path as a string
