From 2ac292b4c52dfc813724ff22b832c7914563963b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iszmais <45942348+iszmais@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 19:28:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Force string type on DCL text fields (#7769)

---
 .../Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordFieldModel.php    | 10 ++++++++--
 .../Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php       |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordFieldModel.php b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordFieldModel.php
index 7c0cf554525f..a3f32ce94553 100644
--- a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordFieldModel.php
+++ b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordFieldModel.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
  * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
@@ -13,8 +14,7 @@
  * https://www.ilias.de
  * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
  *
- ********************************************************************
- */
+ *********************************************************************/
 
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
 
@@ -157,4 +157,10 @@ public function parseSortingValue($value, bool $link = true): string
             return $value;
         }
     }
+
+    public function loadValue(): void
+    {
+        parent::loadValue();
+        $this->value = (string) $this->value;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
index 866bc5305287..faf093021fa4 100644
--- a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
+++ b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function getHTML(bool $link = true, array $options = []): string
                 $link = (string) $value['link'];
                 $link_value = $value['title'] ?: $this->shortenLink($link);
             } else {
-                $link = (string) $value;
+                $link = $value;
                 $link_value = $this->shortenLink($link);
             }