diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b227ca2..aae923a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /public/storage
 /storage/*.key
 /vendor
+bin
 .env
 .env.backup
 .phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/src/xEnum.php b/src/xEnum.php
index 58bbe14..d44cb6b 100644
--- a/src/xEnum.php
+++ b/src/xEnum.php
@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@
         public static function values(): array {
             return array_column(self::cases(), "value");
         }
+
+        // Return assoc array of enum names and values
+        public static function entries(): array {
+            return array_combine(self::names(), self::values());
+        }
     }
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