MyEnum::wrap()

[Jeremy Holstein]

Here is an idea...

Similar to how in Laravel you can do Collection::wrap() and pass it a Collection or Array.
A function can be made similar to from() but that accepts the Enum or Backed Value.

Would you be open to accepting a PR for this?

[Alberto Peripolli]

Yes but I think is better to do that on the Laravel version of this package...
How can you implement wrap on this package?

[Jeremy Holstein]

It's not related anything to Laravel or Collections, just giving my comparison and stealing the name as I think they do the same thing. I'm open to other name suggestions.

Basically Collection::wrap() lets you pass either a Collection or Array and it returns a Collection.
Lets assume you had a function that can accept both types as a parameter.

function doSomething(Collection|array $value)
{
    return Collection::wrap($value)->pluck('color');
}

This is not possible currently with Enums, you could only do Status::from('active')
So if it was the case where you were accepting both the Backed Enum or it's String/Int value as a parameter, it is not possible without type-checking it first like:

function doSomething(Status|string $value)
{
    $enum = $value instance of Status::class ? $value : Status::from($value);
    return $enum->color();
}

This is exactly how the wrap function would work.

[Jeremy Holstein]

Status::wrap('active');
// Status::Active
Status::wrap(Status::Active);
// Status::Active

function doSomething(Status|string $value)
{
    return Status::wrap($value)->color();
}

doSomething(Status::Active);
// 'green'
doSomething('active');
// 'green'

[Jeremy Holstein]

It's basically just allowing you to use the Enum as a value with from(), which this package doesn't overload for Backed Enums.

[Alberto Peripolli]

Ok please make a PR