Allow casting from an array to a collection.

composer.json

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     "scripts": {
         "lint": [
             "@php vendor/bin/phpstan analyse"
+        ],
+        "test": [
+            "@php vendor/bin/phpunit"
         ]
     }
 }

src/CastRequestAttributes.php

@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ protected function castAttribute($key, $value)
             case 'json':
                 return $this->fromJson($value);
             case 'collection':
+                if (is_array($value)) {
+                    return new BaseCollection($value);
+                }
+
                 return new BaseCollection($this->fromJson($value));
             case 'date':
                 return $this->asDate($value);

tests/CastTest.php

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public function testRequestCastsNameToIntToString(): void
             'toJson' => '{"key":"value"}',
 
             'toCollection' => '[1,2,3]',
+            'toCollection2' => [1, 2, 3],
 
             'toDate' => '2021-01-01',
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ public function testRequestCastsNameToIntToString(): void
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $request->castedInput('toCollection'));
         $this->assertSame([1, 2, 3], $request->castedInput('toCollection')->all());
+        $this->assertSame([1, 2, 3], $request->castedInput('toCollection2')->all());
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $request->castedInput('toDate'));
 

tests/SupportFiles/Cast.php

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public function rules(): array
             'toJson' => 'string',
 
             'toCollection' => 'string',
+            'toCollection2' => 'array',
 
             'toDate' => 'date',
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ public function casts()
             'toJson' => 'json',
 
             'toCollection' => 'collection',
+            'toCollection2' => 'collection',
 
             'toDate' => 'date',