From 2c04bdef4e5f56631d9b446da46878e280e9d24e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luis Felipe Zaguini <26530524+zaguiini@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 20:07:54 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Safely parse fields from JSON (#111)

---
 includes/runtime/class-content-model.php | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/includes/runtime/class-content-model.php b/includes/runtime/class-content-model.php
index 6dcbe53..938bc7f 100644
--- a/includes/runtime/class-content-model.php
+++ b/includes/runtime/class-content-model.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function __construct( WP_Post $content_model_post ) {
 
 		// TODO: Not load this eagerly.
 		$this->blocks = $this->inflate_template_blocks( $this->template );
-		$this->fields = json_decode( get_post_meta( $content_model_post->ID, 'fields', true ), true );
+		$this->fields = $this->parse_fields();
 		$this->register_meta_fields();
 
 		add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', array( $this, 'maybe_enqueue_templating_scripts' ) );
@@ -160,6 +160,27 @@ private function register_post_type() {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Parses the fields associated with the Content Model.
+	 *
+	 * @return array Fields associated with the Content Model.
+	 */
+	private function parse_fields() {
+		$fields = get_post_meta( $this->post_id, 'fields', true );
+
+		if ( ! $fields ) {
+			return array();
+		}
+
+		$decoded_files = json_decode( $fields, true );
+
+		if ( is_array( $decoded_files ) ) {
+			return $decoded_files;
+		}
+
+		return array();
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Recursively inflates (i.e., maps the block into Content_Model_Block) the blocks.