How to encrypte and decrypte laravel 5.4.6 class object

How can I encrypte and decrypte of class object, store it into database. Actually I want to secure my database that if anyone stole it then not able to read it.

   Employee Controller


   $employee = new Employee();
   $employee->name = $request->get('name');
   $employee->code = $request->get('code');
   $employee->email = $request->get('email');
   $employee->cell = $request->get('cell');
   $employee->password = $request->get('password');

Here I want to encrypte the $employee object and store it into database and also want to decrypte it to view it again. Please guide me

via Muhammad Amir