From 2f02caf96d8e531e1e6fa10cc606017ad181ac36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: warrickbayman <me@warrickbayman.co.za>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:37:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed a bug causing problems if the users `permission`
 attribute is cast to `json`.

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 src/User.php | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deb8d1f..0e48075 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.2.2] 27-02-2020
+### Changes
+- Fixed a bug that was causing problems if the `permissions` attribute is cast to `json`.
+
 ## [0.2.1] 27-02-2020
 ### Additions
 - Updated the `Deadbolt::permissions()` to accept role names.
diff --git a/src/User.php b/src/User.php
index be80e19..c69eed8 100644
--- a/src/User.php
+++ b/src/User.php
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ public function has(string $permission): bool
      */
     protected function userPermissions(): array
     {
+        if (is_array($this->user->permissions)) {
+            return $this->user->permissions;
+        }
+
         return json_decode($this->user->permissions, true) ?: [];
     }