simple vue-based column editor

app/helpers.php

@@ -67,3 +67,27 @@ function vali($arr) {
     }
     return $result;
 }
+
+
+
+/**
+ * like old(), but decodes stringified json
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ * @param object|array $default
+ * @return object|array
+ */
+function old_json($name, $default) {
+    $old = old($name, null);
+    if (is_string($old)) return json_decode($old);
+    return $default;
+}
+
+// Safe JSON funcs
+function toJSON($object) {
+    return \GuzzleHttp\json_encode($object, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES + JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+}
+
+function fromJSON($object, $assoc=false) {
+    return \GuzzleHttp\json_decode($object, $assoc);
+}