[BUG] Unknown cast type: object

[n1c]

What happened?

I have a field of type "object", which is a legal type according to the list here: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/eloquent-mutators#attribute-casting but when running the command I get an unknown cast type error.

Expected Behavior

I'd expect something even as basic as any|null to be set as the type or maybe Record<any, any>

Steps To Reproduce

Have a model with something like

    protected $casts = [
        'data' => 'object',
    ];

[tcampbPPU]

Hey @n1c are you able to provide any additional examples? Maybe like your db schema or the column or the Laravel output from the model:show command?

From my initial testing I do not run into this same issue when I have something like a json column:

[
  "name" => "data",
  "type" => "json",
  "increments" => false,
  "nullable" => false,
  "default" => null,
  "unique" => false,
  "fillable" => true,
  "hidden" => false,
  "appended" => null,
  "cast" => "object",
]

export interface Submission {
  // columns
  id: number
  data: Record<string, unknown>
}

[n1c]

Thanks for the quick reply! Looks like yours did exactly what I was expecting :)

Is it maybe 'cause I'm using sqlite which treats $table->json('data')->nullable(); in a migration as text?

  Database ........................................... sqlite  
  Table .............................................. fields  

  Attributes .................................... type / cast  
  id increments, unique ....................... integer / int  
  route_id .......................................... integer  
  field_id nullable ................................. integer  
  key fillable ....................................... string  
  type fillable ................ string / App\Enums\FieldType  
  data nullable, fillable ..................... text / object  
  created_at nullable ................... datetime / datetime  
  updated_at nullable ................... datetime / datetime  
  deleted_at nullable .............................. datetime  

  Relations .................................................  
  field BelongsTo .......................... App\Models\Field  
  route BelongsTo .......................... App\Models\Route  

[tcampbPPU]

Thanks for the quick reply! Looks like yours did exactly what I was expecting :)

np, thanks for the Laravel output this should be able to help me out!

using sqlite could cause some strange behavior yes, but if the Laravel model show command can show it, our command should be able to as well. So I can continue looking further into.

While I do that can you just verify you are using the latest version of this package v2.2.6

[tcampbPPU]

Also if you could send the full Exception thrown that would help

[n1c]

Yeah I'm on 2.2.6.

composer.lock:

"name": "fumeapp/modeltyper",
"version": "v2.2.6",

It doesn't throw an exception, just an error in the output:

$ php artisan model:typer --no-hidden --optional-relations

"Unknown cast type: object" // vendor/fumeapp/modeltyper/src/Actions/WriteColumnAttribute.php:86
export interface Field {
  // columns
  id: number
  route_id: number
  field_id: number|null
  key: string
  type: FieldType
  data: unknown|null
  created_at: string|null
  updated_at: string|null
  deleted_at: string|null
  // relations
  field?: Field
  route?: Route
}```

[tcampbPPU]

@n1c thanks for verifying that version. I just pushed out v2.2.7 so that hopefully fixes it for you