From 944b4c7a1e8edc52eb9b167ee8b0d9ba480c98b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Safley <jimsafley@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:24:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Cast __toString() return value to string

Prevents fatal uncaught type error "Return value must be of type string" when
casting ValueRepresentation to string.
---
 application/src/Api/Representation/ValueRepresentation.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/application/src/Api/Representation/ValueRepresentation.php b/application/src/Api/Representation/ValueRepresentation.php
index f6d7ef686c..55071eb73a 100644
--- a/application/src/Api/Representation/ValueRepresentation.php
+++ b/application/src/Api/Representation/ValueRepresentation.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function __toString()
             'string' => $this->dataType->toString($this),
         ]);
         $eventManager->trigger('rep.value.string', $this, $args);
-        return $args['string'];
+        return (string) $args['string'];
     }
 
     /**