code: protected function decodeValue($val, $column = "")
  	{
  		if ($column === static::$idColumn)
  			$val = (int)$val;
  		else if (isset(static::$casts[$column]))
  		{
  			switch (static::$casts[$column])
  			{
  				case "object":
  					$val = from_json($val, false);
  					break;
  				case "array":
  					$val = from_json($val, true);
  					break;
  				default:
  					settype($val, static::$casts[$column]);
  			}
  		}
  		/// We leave it for compatibility
  		else if (in_array($column, static::$jsons) && is_string($val))
  			$val = from_json($val);
  		
  		return $val;
  	}
docs: Convert value coming from database
  
  @param string	$val	value to convert
  @param string	$column	name of the column
  
  @return mixed