From b5a3795ab087062fb403c8f6600b440367f4115e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Brown <browner12@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:38:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] auto handle `Jsonable` values passed to `castAsJson()`

`Jsonable` objects can be passed in without having to manually call `toJson()`
---
 .../Foundation/Testing/Concerns/InteractsWithDatabase.php  | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/InteractsWithDatabase.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/InteractsWithDatabase.php
index 012952155777..feb3d01dc591 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/InteractsWithDatabase.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/InteractsWithDatabase.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\Concerns;
 
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Jsonable;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
@@ -127,7 +128,11 @@ protected function isSoftDeletableModel($model)
      */
     public function castAsJson($value)
     {
-        $value = is_array($value) ? json_encode($value) : $value;
+        if ($value instanceof Jsonable) {
+            $value = $value->toJson();
+        } elseif (is_array($value)) {
+            $value = json_encode($value);
+        }
 
         return DB::raw("CAST('$value' AS JSON)");
     }