title: How to handle mySql POINT fields in Laravel
body: <p>I am creating a table like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code> /**
   * Run the migrations.
   *
   * @return void
   */
  public function up()
  {
  
      Schema::create('places', function (Blueprint $table) {
          $table-&gt;engine = 'MyISAM';
  
          $table-&gt;increments('id');
          $table-&gt;text('description');
  
          $table-&gt;longText('address');
          $table-&gt;point('coordinates');
          $table-&gt;timestamps();
      });
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I created a field directly to my database using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>INSERT INTO `places` (`id`, `description`, `address`, `coordinates`, `created_at`, `updated_at`)
  VALUES
      (1, 'Plaza Condesa', 'Av. Juan Escutia 4, Hipodromo Condesa, Hipódromo, 06140 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX', X'000000000101000000965B5A0D89693340CC1B711214CB58C0', NULL, NULL);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I retrieve it in Laravel using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MyModel::first()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All the values seem to be correctly except the <code>coordinates</code> field where I get something like this:</p>
  
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I get the POINT field using Laravel?</p>