super-powers/src/4b225c51-d293-48e4-b3f6-5136cf5c3f18/code.power

	/**
	 * Check if you have a json string
	 *
	 * @input    string  $string  The json string to check
	 *
	 * @returns bool true on success
	 * 
	 * @since  3.0.9
	 */
	public static function check($string): bool
	{
		if (StringHelper::check($string))
		{
			json_decode((string) $string);
			return (json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE);
		}

		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Convert a json object to a string
	 *
	 * @input    string  $value  The json string to convert
	 *
	 * @returns a string
	 * 
	 * @since  3.0.9
	 */
	public static function string($value, $separator = ", ", $table = null, $id = 'id', $name = 'name')
	{
		// do some table foot work
		$external = false;
		if (is_string($table) && strpos((string) $table, '#__') !== false)
		{
			$external = true;
			$table = str_replace('#__', '', (string) $table);
		}

		// check if string is JSON
		$result = json_decode((string) $value, true);
		if (json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE)
		{
			// is JSON
			if (ArrayHelper::check($result))
			{
				if (StringHelper::check($table))
				{
					$names = [];
					foreach ($result as $val)
					{
						if ($external)
						{
							if ($_name = GetHelper::var(null, $val, $id, $name, '=', $table))
							{
								$names[] = $_name;
							}
						}
						else
						{
							if ($_name = GetHelper::var($table, $val, $id, $name))
							{
								$names[] = $_name;
							}
						}
					}
					if (ArrayHelper::check($names))
					{
						return (string) implode($separator, $names);
					}	
				}
				return (string) implode($separator, $result);
			}
			return (string) json_decode((string) $value);
		}
		return $value;
	}