Introducing take Method

docs/basic-usage.md

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ If you ever need to completely remove all settings from their persistent storage
 service('settings')->flush();
 ```
 
+Also, you can use the `pull()` method to retrieve a setting and then remove it from the persistent storage in one go. This is useful when you want to retrieve a value and ensure it is no longer available for future use.
+
+```php
+// The same as config('App')->siteName;
+$siteName = service('settings')->pull('App.siteName');
+```
+
 ### Contextual Settings
 
 In addition to the default behavior describe above, `Settings` can be used to define "contextual settings".

src/Handlers/ArrayHandler.php

@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ public function forget(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null)
         $this->forgetStored($class, $property, $context);
     }
 
+    public function pull(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null): mixed
+    {
+        $value = $this->get($class, $property, $context);
+
+        $this->forget($class, $property, $context);
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+
     public function flush()
     {
         $this->general  = [];

src/Handlers/BaseHandler.php

@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ public function forget(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null)
         throw new RuntimeException('Forget method not implemented for current Settings handler.');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If the Handler supports pulling values, it
+     * MUST override this method to provide that functionality.
+     * Not all Handlers will support writing values.
+     * Must throw RuntimeException for any failures.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function pull(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null)
+    {
+        throw new RuntimeException('Pull method not implemented for current Settings handler.');
+    }
+
     /**
      * All handlers MUST support flushing all values.
      *

src/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php

@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ public function forget(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null)
         $this->forgetStored($class, $property, $context);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a value from persistent storage
+     * and deletes it from the local cache.
+     *
+     * @return mixed|null
+     */
+    public function pull(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null): mixed
+    {
+        $value = $this->get($class, $property, $context);
+
+        $this->forget($class, $property, $context);
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Deletes all records from persistent storage, if found,
      * and from the local cache.

src/Settings.php

@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a value from the persistent storage and removes it.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function pull(string $key, ?string $context = null)
+    {
+        [$class, $property] = $this->prepareClassAndProperty($key);
+
+        foreach ($this->getWriteHandlers() as $handler) {
+            return $handler->pull($class, $property, $context);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes all settings from the persistent storage,
      * Useful during testing. Use with caution.

tests/DatabaseHandlerTest.php

@@ -211,6 +211,26 @@
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function testPullSuccess()
+    {
+        $this->hasInDatabase($this->table, [
+            'class'      => 'Tests\Support\Config\Example',
+            'key'        => 'siteName',
+            'value'      => 'foo',
+            'created_at' => Time::now()->toDateTimeString(),
+            'updated_at' => Time::now()->toDateTimeString(),
+        ]);
+
+        $value = $this->settings->pull('Example.siteName');
+
+        $this->dontSeeInDatabase($this->table, [
+            'class' => 'Tests\Support\Config\Example',
+            'key'   => 'siteName',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('foo', $value);
+    }
+
     public function testForgetWithNoStoredRecord()
     {
         $this->settings->forget('Example.siteName');

tests/SettingsTest.php

@@ -70,4 +70,24 @@
 
         $this->assertSame('Bar', $this->settings->get('Example.siteName', 'category:disease'));
     }
+
+    public function testPullWithContext()
+    {
+        $this->settings->set('Example.siteName', 'Amnesia', 'category:disease');
+
+        $value = $this->settings->pull('Example.siteName', 'category:disease');
+
+        $this->assertSame('Amnesia', $value);
+        $this->assertSame('Settings Test', $this->settings->get('Example.siteName', 'category:disease'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPullWithoutContext()
+    {
+        $this->settings->set('Example.siteName', 'NoContext');
+
+        $value = $this->settings->pull('Example.siteName');
+
+        $this->assertSame('NoContext', $value);
+        $this->assertSame('Settings Test', $this->settings->get('Example.siteName'));
+    }
 }