Booleans are stored as strings

[jbardnz]

Is it possible to have them stored/retrieved as booleans or do they have to be saved as strings?

[Emad Adly]

Hi jbardnz
you can it by using array value

 Setting::set('usa',array(
    'florida' => '689',
    'texas'=>'210',
    'california'=>'213' 
    )) ;

 Setting::save();

and when call return Setting::get('usa');

{
florida: "689",
texas: "210",
california: "213"
}

Just that's it.

[Johannes Schobel]

I think, this does not answer the original question!
He tries to save a Setting as boolean, just like this:

Setting::set('receiveEMails', true);
Setting::save();

But if you try to get the value back, it is converted as string:

echo (Setting::get('receiveEMails'));

The setter above results in the following settings attribute in your database:

{"receiveEMails":true}

Reading the setting (as described above) will return the value as a boolean (e.g., in this case, true). You can simply verify this by using var_dump(Setting::get('receiveEMails'));, which should output (bool)true.

Hope, this helps!
Cheers

[jbardnz]

Hey @johannesschobel yes that is exactly what I was trying to describe!

Thanks

[Johannes Schobel]

Hey @jbardnz , glad it worked out for you. Do you have any other questions regarding this topic? Otherwise you may close the issue ;)

[Philip Hughes]

Thanks for picking this up @johannesschobel.