From 101121830deaf4a8f1ff7e03b8dcbe56f15be2a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Freek Van der Herten <freek@spatie.be>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 20:19:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wip (#35803)

---
 src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
index d6af860d8915..2c1540f18e37 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
@@ -586,11 +586,15 @@ function redirect($to = null, $status = 302, $headers = [], $secure = null)
     /**
      * Report an exception.
      *
-     * @param  \Throwable  $exception
+     * @param  \Throwable|string  $exception
      * @return void
      */
-    function report(Throwable $exception)
+    function report($exception)
     {
+        if (is_string($exception)) {
+            $exception = new Exception($exception);
+        }
+
         app(ExceptionHandler::class)->report($exception);
     }
 }