Using whereInStrict() in laravel 5.5 - development

Using whereInStrict() in laravel 5.5

I tried using whereIn() in my project but because of its loose comparison it considered a value ‘1gb’ as integer. So as per the documentation I used whereInStrict().

$spec['vals'] = ['1 gb', '2gb', '8gb']; // array created by explod()     
ProductSpecification::whereInStrict('value', $spec['vals'])->get();

But the creates sql query like “Select * from product_specifications where in_strict = ‘value’ “, thus giving an error. What to do? Am I using it wrong?

I’m kinda new to laravel.

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