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app/Helpers/Global/cast_helpers.php

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+<?php
+
+if (! function_exists('array_to_object_2025')) {
+    /**
+     * A magic function that turns all nested array into nested objects. Calling it with no parameter would result in a empty object.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $array  The array to be recursively casted into an object.
+     * @return \stdClass|null Returns null if the given parameter is not either an array or an object.
+     */
+    function array_to_object_2025($array = []): ?stdClass
+    {
+        if (is_object($array)) {
+            return $array;
+        }
+
+        if (! is_array($array)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $object = new \stdClass;
+
+        if (! isset($array) || empty($array)) {
+            return $object;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
+            if (mb_strlen($k)) {
+                if (is_array($v)) {
+                    if (array_is_assoc($v)) {
+                        // Convert associative arrays to objects
+                        $object->{$k} = array_to_object_2025($v);
+                    } else {
+                        // For indexed arrays, keep them as arrays but process their elements
+                        $object->{$k} = [];
+                        foreach ($v as $idx => $item) {
+                            if (is_array($item)) {
+                                $object->{$k}[$idx] = array_to_object_2025($item);
+                            } else {
+                                $object->{$k}[$idx] = $item;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $object->{$k} = $v;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $object;
+    }
+}
+
+if (! function_exists('array_is_assoc')) {
+    /**
+     * Determines whether or not an array is an associative array.
+     *
+     * @param  array  $array  The array to be evaluated.
+     */
+    function array_is_assoc($array): bool
+    {
+        if (! is_array($array)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ($array === []) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return array_keys($array) !== range(0, count($array) - 1);
+    }
+}