Laravel cast json to array - collections

Question

The client attribute is a json filed in the database, which I caste as array in my model. However by retuning the Model to an array, the client attribute remains as json string:
$provider = TokenCacheProvider::all([
'name', 'auth_url', 'token_url', 'auth_endpoint', 'client'
])
->keyBy('name')
->toArray();
output:
Array
(
[name] => azure_ad
[auth_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/authorize
[token_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/token
[auth_endpoint] => https://login.microsoftonline.com/
[client] => {"tenant":"some value","client_id":"some value","client_secret":"some value"}
)
I would expect and output like this:
Array
(
[name] => azure_ad
[auth_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/authorize
[token_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/token
[auth_endpoint] => https://login.microsoftonline.com/
[client] => Array
(
[tenant] => 'some value'
[client_id] => 'some value'
[client_secret] => 'some value'
[scope] => 'some value'
)
)
My Model has the corresponding $casts:
protected $casts = [
'client' => 'array',
];
Edit
This comes a little bit closer to what I need, but it returns only the clients attribute 😵‍💫
$provider = TokenCacheProvider::all([
'name', 'auth_url', 'token_url', 'auth_endpoint', 'client'
])
->keyBy('name')
->map(function ($item) {
return json_decode($item->client);
})
->toArray();

Answer 1

Resolved 😎
$provider = TokenCacheProvider::all([
'name', 'auth_url', 'token_url', 'auth_endpoint', 'client'
])
->keyBy('name')
->map(function ($item) {
return collect([
'auth_url' =>$item->auth_url,
'token_url' =>$item->token_url,
'auth_endpoint' =>$item->auth_endpoint,
'client' =>json_decode($item->client,true)
]);
})
->toArray();
Not sure if this is the most beautiful solution but it does exactly what I want.
Output:
Array
(
[auth_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/authorize
[token_url] => /oauth2/v2.0/token
[auth_endpoint] => https://login.microsoftonline.com/
[client] => Array
(
[tenant] => some values
[client_id] => some values
[client_secret] => some values
[scope] => https://graph.microsoft.com/.default
)
)
Feedback and enhancements are highly welcome!
Cheers