php - Laravel ->put() issue - Mixed content (JSON vs. not JSON)

I'm having an issue with using Laravels put() function, as I want put JSON content in this one single scenario.

$datatable->GroupsCollection = $datatable->GroupsCollection->put($job, '{"grade":'.$grade.'}' );
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But when trying to create 'fake' JSON, the inserted value will be:{\"grade\":'VALUE_OF_$GRADE'} I've tried usingstr_replace() andstripslashes() to cut out the backwardslashes, but no bueno.

I've Googled around, and reading something about a cast was needed in the Model. So I put in this:

protected $casts = [
    'dvalue' => 'array',
];
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This result in breaking existing functionality of the code.

public function getGroupsCollectionAttribute()
{
    return collect($this->dvalue ? $this->dvalue['groups'] : null);
}


public function setGroupsCollectionAttribute($value)
{
    $currentValue = $this->dvalue ?? new Collection();
    $this->dvalue['groups'] = $currentValue->$value;
}
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I 'fixed' the get, but I'm not sure how I should format the 'set' function with this new cast and setting it to an array.

Worth to notice is that we have mixed content in the DB-rows, so it's not always JSON. Any easier way to go around this?

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