From c723df92c90015069ba2c05721f079e3a4a30902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kingshott <51963402+mattkingshott@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:04:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] WIP

---
 src/Models/Statistic.php |  4 ++++
 tests/Test.php           | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Models/Statistic.php b/src/Models/Statistic.php
index 141fc04..9ebca96 100644
--- a/src/Models/Statistic.php
+++ b/src/Models/Statistic.php
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class Statistic extends Model
 {
     protected $guarded = [];
 
+    protected $casts = [
+        'values' => 'array',
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Get the table associated with the model.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Test.php b/tests/Test.php
index 8813797..78c6595 100644
--- a/tests/Test.php
+++ b/tests/Test.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ public function it_creates_triggers_for_inserted_and_deleted_user_records() : vo
 
         $this->assertEquals('', $statistics[0]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', $statistics[0]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 1], json_decode($statistics[0]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 1], $statistics[0]->values);
 
         $this->assertEquals('1', $statistics[1]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', $statistics[1]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => '', 'post_count' => ''], json_decode($statistics[1]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => '', 'post_count' => ''], $statistics[1]->values);
 
         User::query()->delete();
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function it_creates_triggers_for_inserted_and_deleted_user_records() : vo
 
         $this->assertEquals('', Statistic::first()->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', Statistic::first()->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 0], json_decode(Statistic::first()->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 0], Statistic::first()->values);
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -82,18 +82,18 @@ public function it_creates_triggers_and_statistics_for_seeded_records() : void
 
         $this->assertEquals('', $statistics[0]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('posts', $statistics[0]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals($expected, json_decode($statistics[0]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $statistics[0]->values);
 
         $this->assertEquals('', $statistics[1]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', $statistics[1]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 2], json_decode($statistics[1]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['count' => 2], $statistics[1]->values);
 
         $this->assertEquals('1', $statistics[2]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', $statistics[2]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => 8, 'post_count' => 4], json_decode($statistics[2]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => 8, 'post_count' => 4], $statistics[2]->values);
 
         $this->assertEquals('2', $statistics[3]->getRawOriginal('id'));
         $this->assertEquals('users', $statistics[3]->table);
-        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => 14, 'post_count' => 4], json_decode($statistics[3]->values, true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['post_sum_likes' => 14, 'post_count' => 4], $statistics[3]->values);
     }
 }