Mongolid\DataMapper\SchemaMapper::cast PHP Метод

Uses PHP's settype to cast a value to a type.

См. также: http://php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.settype.php

protected cast ( mixed $value, string $type ) : mixed
$value	mixed	Value to be casted.
$type	string	Type to which the $value should be casted to.
Результат	mixed

    protected function cast($value, string $type)
    {
        settype($value, $type);
        return $value;
    }

SchemaMapper