Parse checkbox value to boolean

CakePHP3, no database

A checkbox value is automatically converted to 0 or 1. If I want to make an external request I manually have to cast the value. Is it possible to tell the FormHelper that checkbox values should be handled as boolean and not as tinyint?

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