feat: new app wide helper class

app/Http/Utils/Filters/Filter.php

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 use App\Http\Utils\Filters\IQueryApplyable;
 use App\libs\Utils\PunnyCodeHelper;
+use App\Utils\Helpers;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
@@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ private function convertValue($value, string $original_format)
                 return self::convertToDateTime($value, $strTimeZone);
                 break;
             case self::Boolean:
-                return to_boolean($value) ? 1 : 0;
+                return Helpers::to_boolean($value) ? 1 : 0;
                 break;
             case self::Int:
                 if (is_array($value)) {

app/Http/Utils/Filters/FilterElement.php

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace utils;
+use App\Utils\Helpers;
+
 /**
  * Copyright 2015 OpenStack Foundation
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -69,11 +71,11 @@ public function getBooleanValue(){
         if(is_array($this->value)){
             $res = [];
             foreach ($this->value as $val){
-                $res[]= empty($val) ? '' : to_boolean($val);
+                $res[]= empty($val) ? '' : Helpers::to_boolean($val);
             }
             return $res;
         }
-        return to_boolean($this->value);
+        return Helpers::to_boolean($this->value);
     }
 
     public static function mapValueSymbols(string $val):string{

app/Utils/helpers.php → app/Utils/Helpers.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?php
+<?php namespace App\Utils;
 /*
- * Copyright 2023 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Copyright 2025 OpenStack Foundation
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
 
-if (!function_exists('to_boolean')) {
-
-    /**
-     * Convert to boolean
-     *
-     * @param $booleable
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    function to_boolean($booleable)
+final class Helpers {
+    static function to_boolean($booleable)
     {
         return filter_var($booleable, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE);
     }