You need to use this method to secure your sensitive data in laravel
In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily replace sensitive data with asterisks in your Laravel application, keeping it hidden from prying eyes. We will show you how to use the String facade's mask() method to mask a string, including how to specify the number of characters to leave unmasked at the beginning of the string. This technique is useful for protecting sensitive data such as passwords or credit card numbers.