A replacement for the create
method. It will cast your public properties and create a new model instance.
$product = Product::castAndCreate([
'name' => 'Product 1',
'price' => '10.99',
'category_id' => '1',
'is_active' => 1,
'promotion_expires_at' => '2023-12-31 23:59:59',
'json_column' => ['foo' => 'bar'],
]);