From 39655e41c779ff1c2cc8d0760749518477260b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Maroszek <maroszek@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:30:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] support array returns for some IPS_* functions

IPS_GetSnapshot & IPS_GetSnapshotChanges are affected
---
 IPSViewConnect/module.php | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/IPSViewConnect/module.php b/IPSViewConnect/module.php
index 6959958..484a60f 100644
--- a/IPSViewConnect/module.php
+++ b/IPSViewConnect/module.php
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ protected function GetViewIDByName($viewName) {
 			}
 		}
 		if ($viewID === false) {
-			$snapshot = json_decode(IPS_GetSnapshot(), true);
+			$snapshot = IPS_GetSnapshot();
+			if (!is_array($snapshot)) {
+				$snapshot = json_decode($snapshot, true);
+			}
 			if ($snapshot == null) {
 				throw new Exception('Error during json_decode of Snapshot in GetViewIDByName!');
 			}
@@ -242,7 +245,10 @@ protected function GetInstanceIDUserViews() {
 
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	protected function API_GetSnapshot($params) {
-		$snapshot = json_decode(IPS_GetSnapshot(), true);
+		$snapshot = IPS_GetSnapshot();
+		if (!is_array($snapshot)) {
+			$snapshot = json_decode($snapshot, true);
+		}
 		if ($snapshot == null) {
 			throw new Exception('Error during json_decode of Snapshot!');
 		}
@@ -332,7 +338,9 @@ protected function API_GetSnapshotChanges($params) {
 		if ($changes === false) {
 			throw new Exception('Error receiving SnapshotChanges: '.print_r(error_get_last(), true));
 		}
-		$changes = json_decode($changes, true);
+		if (!is_array($changes)) {
+			$changes = json_decode($changes, true);
+		}
 		$result  = Array();
 		
 		foreach ($changes as $change) {
@@ -422,7 +430,10 @@ protected function API_AssignViewData($method, $params) {
 			$view=null;
 
 			// Add special IP-Symcon Instance IDs
-			$snapshot = json_decode(IPS_GetSnapshot(), true);
+			$snapshot = IPS_GetSnapshot();
+			if (!is_array($snapshot)) {
+				$snapshot = json_decode($snapshot, true);
+			}
 			if ($snapshot == null) {
 				throw new Exception('Error during json_decode of Snapshot in AssignViewData!');
 			}

From c142392acf2b1630299b56ec13e530882163d28a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Maroszek <maroszek@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:43:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] also add support for IPS_GetPresentations change

---
 IPSViewConnect/module.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/IPSViewConnect/module.php b/IPSViewConnect/module.php
index 484a60f..6772efc 100644
--- a/IPSViewConnect/module.php
+++ b/IPSViewConnect/module.php
@@ -638,7 +638,11 @@ protected function ProcessHookAPIMethod($method, $params) {
 		} else if ($method == 'IPS_GetSnapshotChanges') {
 			return $this->API_GetSnapshotChanges($params);
 		} else if ($method == 'IPS_GetPresentations') {
-			return IPS_GetPresentations();
+			$presentations = IPS_GetPresentations();
+			if (is_array($presentations)) {
+				$presentations = json_encode($presentations);
+			}
+			return $presentations;
 
 		} else if ($method == 'IPS_GetLicensee') {
 			return IPS_GetLicensee();