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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ *
+ * @package    Smarty
+ * @subpackage PluginsFunction
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Smarty {html_checkboxes} function plugin
+ * File:       function.html_checkboxes.php<br>
+ * Type:       function<br>
+ * Name:       html_checkboxes<br>
+ * Date:       24.Feb.2003<br>
+ * Purpose:    Prints out a list of checkbox input types<br>
+ * Examples:
+ * <pre>
+ * {html_checkboxes values=$ids output=$names}
+ * {html_checkboxes values=$ids name='box' separator='<br>' output=$names}
+ * {html_checkboxes values=$ids checked=$checked separator='<br>' output=$names}
+ * </pre>
+ * Params:
+ * <pre>
+ * - name       (optional) - string default "checkbox"
+ * - values     (required) - array
+ * - options    (optional) - associative array
+ * - checked    (optional) - array default not set
+ * - separator  (optional) - ie <br> or &nbsp;
+ * - output     (optional) - the output next to each checkbox
+ * - assign     (optional) - assign the output as an array to this variable
+ * - escape     (optional) - escape the content (not value), defaults to true
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @link       http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.html.checkboxes.php {html_checkboxes}
+ *             (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author     Christopher Kvarme <christopher.kvarme@flashjab.com>
+ * @author     credits to Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @version    1.0
+ *
+ * @param array $params parameters
+ * @param object $template template object
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * @uses       smarty_function_escape_special_chars()
+ */
+function smarty_function_html_checkboxes($params, $template) {
+    require_once(SMARTY_PLUGINS_DIR . 'shared.escape_special_chars.php');
+
+    $name = 'checkbox';
+    $values = null;
+    $options = null;
+    $selected = array();
+    $separator = '';
+    $escape = true;
+    $labels = true;
+    $label_ids = false;
+    $output = null;
+
+    $extra = '';
+
+    foreach ($params as $_key => $_val) {
+        switch ($_key) {
+            case 'name':
+            case 'separator':
+                $$_key = (string)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'escape':
+            case 'labels':
+            case 'label_ids':
+                $$_key = (bool)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'options':
+                $$_key = (array)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'values':
+            case 'output':
+                $$_key = array_values((array)$_val);
+                break;
+
+            case 'checked':
+            case 'selected':
+                if (is_array($_val)) {
+                    $selected = array();
+                    foreach ($_val as $_sel) {
+                        if (is_object($_sel)) {
+                            if (method_exists($_sel, "__toString")) {
+                                $_sel = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$_sel->__toString());
+                            } else {
+                                trigger_error("html_checkboxes: selected attribute contains an object of class '" . get_class($_sel) . "' without __toString() method", E_USER_NOTICE);
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            $_sel = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$_sel);
+                        }
+                        $selected[$_sel] = true;
+                    }
+                } elseif (is_object($_val)) {
+                    if (method_exists($_val, "__toString")) {
+                        $selected = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$_val->__toString());
+                    } else {
+                        trigger_error("html_checkboxes: selected attribute is an object of class '" . get_class($_val) . "' without __toString() method", E_USER_NOTICE);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $selected = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$_val);
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case 'checkboxes':
+                trigger_error('html_checkboxes: the use of the "checkboxes" attribute is deprecated, use "options" instead', E_USER_WARNING);
+                $options = (array)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'assign':
+                break;
+
+            case 'strict':
+                break;
+
+            case 'disabled':
+            case 'readonly':
+                if (!empty($params['strict'])) {
+                    if (!is_scalar($_val)) {
+                        trigger_error("html_options: $_key attribute must be a scalar, only boolean true or string '$_key' will actually add the attribute", E_USER_NOTICE);
+                    }
+
+                    if ($_val === true || $_val === $_key) {
+                        $extra .= ' ' . $_key . '="' . smarty_function_escape_special_chars($_key) . '"';
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+            // omit break; to fall through!
+
+            default:
+                if (!is_array($_val)) {
+                    $extra .= ' ' . $_key . '="' . smarty_function_escape_special_chars($_val) . '"';
+                } else {
+                    trigger_error("html_checkboxes: extra attribute '$_key' cannot be an array", E_USER_NOTICE);
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!isset($options) && !isset($values)) {
+        return '';
+    } /* raise error here? */
+
+    $_html_result = array();
+
+    if (isset($options)) {
+        foreach ($options as $_key => $_val) {
+            $_html_result[] = smarty_function_html_checkboxes_output($name, $_key, $_val, $selected, $extra, $separator, $labels, $label_ids, $escape);
+        }
+    } else {
+        foreach ($values as $_i => $_key) {
+            $_val = isset($output[$_i]) ? $output[$_i] : '';
+            $_html_result[] = smarty_function_html_checkboxes_output($name, $_key, $_val, $selected, $extra, $separator, $labels, $label_ids, $escape);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!empty($params['assign'])) {
+        $template->assign($params['assign'], $_html_result);
+    } else {
+        return implode("\n", $_html_result);
+    }
+}
+
+function smarty_function_html_checkboxes_output($name, $value, $output, $selected, $extra, $separator, $labels, $label_ids, $escape = true) {
+    $_output = '';
+
+    if (is_object($value)) {
+        if (method_exists($value, "__toString")) {
+            $value = (string)$value->__toString();
+        } else {
+            trigger_error("html_options: value is an object of class '" . get_class($value) . "' without __toString() method", E_USER_NOTICE);
+
+            return '';
+        }
+    } else {
+        $value = (string)$value;
+    }
+
+    if (is_object($output)) {
+        if (method_exists($output, "__toString")) {
+            $output = (string)$output->__toString();
+        } else {
+            trigger_error("html_options: output is an object of class '" . get_class($output) . "' without __toString() method", E_USER_NOTICE);
+
+            return '';
+        }
+    } else {
+        $output = (string)$output;
+    }
+
+    if ($labels) {
+        if ($label_ids) {
+            $_id = smarty_function_escape_special_chars(preg_replace('![^\w\-\.]!' . Smarty::$_UTF8_MODIFIER, '_', $name . '_' . $value));
+            $_output .= '<label for="' . $_id . '">';
+        } else {
+            $_output .= '<label>';
+        }
+    }
+
+    $name = smarty_function_escape_special_chars($name);
+    $value = smarty_function_escape_special_chars($value);
+    if ($escape) {
+        $output = smarty_function_escape_special_chars($output);
+    }
+
+    $_output .= '<input type="checkbox" name="' . $name . '[]" value="' . $value . '"';
+
+    if ($labels && $label_ids) {
+        $_output .= ' id="' . $_id . '"';
+    }
+
+    if (is_array($selected)) {
+        if (isset($selected[$value])) {
+            $_output .= ' checked="checked"';
+        }
+    } elseif ($value === $selected) {
+        $_output .= ' checked="checked"';
+    }
+
+    $_output .= $extra . ' />' . $output;
+    if ($labels) {
+        $_output .= '</label>';
+    }
+
+    $_output .= $separator;
+
+    return $_output;
+}