Laravel: php match does not seem to be working - php

Question

I'm working on a Laravel app. I've created an enum like this:
<?php
namespace Domain\Order\Enums;
use Domain\Order\Models\Order;
enum OrderStatuses : string
{
case New = 'new';
case Pending = 'pending';
case Canceled = 'canceled';
case Paid = 'paid';
case PaymentFailed = 'payment-failed';
public function createOrderStatus(Order $order) : OrderStatus
{
return match($this) {
OrderStatuses::Pending => new PendingOrderStatus($order),
OrderStatuses::Canceled => new CanceledOrderStatus($order),
OrderStatuses::Paid => new PaidOrderStatus($order),
OrderStatuses::PaymentFailed => new PaymentFailedOrderStatus($order),
default => new NewOrderStatus($order)
};
}
}
In my order model I've got the following attribute:
protected function status(): Attribute
{
return new Attribute(
get: fn(string $value) =>
OrderStatuses::from($value)->createOrderStatus($this),
);
}
which as you can see receives some data and returns an Order status.
Now, I've got the following piece of code:
$order = Order::find($orderID);
$newOrder = match ($order->status) {
OrderStatuses::New => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
NewOrderStatus::class => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
'new' => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
default => null,
};
but the value of $newOrder is always null, meaning the status is not being matched to any of the elements. There should be one single element there: NewOrderStatus::class, I just added the others for debugging purposes.
If I inspect the value of $order->status while running the debugger I'm getting that it is of type Domain\Order\Enums\NewOrderStatus so why it is not being matched?
Thanks

Answer 1

It looks like you are testing for equality between an instance of a class and a string of the class name.
Try
$newOrder = match (get_class($order->status)) {
OrderStatuses::New => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
NewOrderStatus::class => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
'new' => (new NewToPaidTransition)->execute($order),
default => null,
};