public static function castFromString($type, $value, $php_type)
    {
        //Here should maybe handle locale specific tz overrides in the future.
        $timezone = null;

        switch ($type) {

            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_INT:
                return (int) $value;

            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_FLOAT:
                return (float) $value;

            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
                return in_array(strtolower($value), ['true', '1', 'yes'], true);

            /** @noinspection PhpMissingBreakStatementInspection */
            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
                $timezone = new \DateTimeZone('UTC');

                // no break
            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_DATE:
                if (preg_match('/Date\\((?<timestamp>[0-9\\+\\.]+)\\)/', $value, $matches)) { //to catch stupid .net date serialisation
                    $value = $matches['timestamp'];
                }

                return new \DateTime($value, $timezone);

            case self::PROPERTY_TYPE_OBJECT:
                $php_type = sprintf('\\XeroPHP\\Models\\%s', $php_type);
                /** @var self $instance */
                $instance = new $php_type();
                $instance->fromStringArray($value);

                return $instance;

            default:
                if (is_scalar($value)) {
                    return (string) $value;
                }

                return (object) $value;
        }
    }