JSON Output templates ignore root element and first element child settings

Problem

The Drupal 6 version of this module completely ignores most settings, including the root and first child settings. This means row output isn't wrapped in what are often necessary API-like root elements unless someone implements it in their own custom template.

Proposed resolution

The following code can be cribbed directly from the D7 theme functions with some other slight modifications and placed into heme/views-views-json-style-exhibit.tpl.php or theme/views-views-json-style-simple.tpl.php.

$objects = array();

foreach ($rows as $row) {

  $object = array();
  /* Convert the $rows into a hierachial key=>value array */
  foreach ($row as $field) {
    if ($options["field_output"] == "normal") {
      if ($field->label)
        $label = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($field->label) : $field->label;
      else {
        $label = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($field->id) : $field->id;
      }
      if (!$field->is_multiple) {
        $content = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($field->content) : $field->content;
      }
      else {
        $content = array();
        foreach ($field->content as $n => $oc) $content[$n] = ($plaintext_output ? strip_tags($oc) : $oc);
      }
    }
    elseif ($options["field_output"] == "raw") {
      $label = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($field->id) : $field->id;
      if (!$field->is_multiple) {
        $content = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($field->raw) : $field->raw;
      }
      else {
        $content = array();
        foreach ($field->raw as $n => $oc) $content[$n] = $plaintext_output ? strip_tags($oc) : $oc;
      }
    }

    // check if user wants nested arrays
    if (strlen($top_child_object) != 0) {
      $object[$top_child_object][$label] = $content;
    }
    else {
      $object[$label] = $content;
    }
  }
  $objects[] = $object;
}