PHP: SQLite returns values as strings

Question

I'm using SQLite with Laravel and find it quite annoying that all values are returned as strings. Is there a way to enable automatic type casting (like the MySQL native driver [mysqlnd] does)?
I know about the $casts attribute, I'm looking for an app-independent solution to make the database driver do the casting.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, you can automatically cast. Add this property to your model.

protected $casts = [
    'is_admin' => 'boolean',
    'count' => 'integer'
];