public function transform_item_values_to_json($item)
{
foreach ($this->args['fields'] as $field) {
$true_field = $this->find_item_key($item, $field);
$value = is_object($item) ? $item->{$true_field} : $item[$true_field];
if (is_array($value) || is_object($value)) {
if (is_object($item)) {
$item->{$true_field} = json_encode($value);
} else {
if (is_array($item)) {
$item[$true_field] = json_encode($value);
}
}
}
}
return $item;
}