Argument #1 ($values) must be of type array, string given

Argument #1 ($values) must be of type array, string given

Argument #1 ($values) must be of type array, string given

//

public ?array $data = [];
//

$record = Comment::create([
    array_merge($data, [
        'user_id' => auth()->id(),
        'topic_id' => $this->topic->id,
    ]),
]);

//

public ?array $data = [];
//

$record = Comment::create([
    array_merge($data, [
        'user_id' => auth()->id(),
        'topic_id' => $this->topic->id,
    ]),
]);