Coerce mixed value into a desired scalar type or die trying.
composer require healthengine/coerce<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
use Healthengine\Coerce\Coerce;
use Healthengine\Coerce\CouldNotCoerceException;
use stdClass;
Coerce::toBool(1); // true
Coerce::toBoolOrNull(null) // null
Coerce::toInt('1'); // 1
Coerce::toInt(new stdClass()); // CouldNotCoerceException
Coerce::toIntOrNull(null) // null
Coerce::toIntOrNull(new stdClass()); // CouldNotCoerceException
Coerce::toNonEmptyString('123'); // '123'
Coerce::toNonEmptyString(''); // CouldNotCoerceException
Coerce::toString(1); // '1'
Coerce::toString([]) // CouldNotCoerceException
Coerce::toStringOrNull(null); // null
Coerce::toStringOrNull([]) // CouldNotCoerceException