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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ *
+ * @package    Smarty
+ * @subpackage PluginsFunction
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Smarty {html_options} function plugin
+ * Type:     function<br>
+ * Name:     html_options<br>
+ * Purpose:  Prints the list of <option> tags generated from
+ *           the passed parameters<br>
+ * Params:
+ * <pre>
+ * - name       (optional) - string default "select"
+ * - values     (required) - if no options supplied) - array
+ * - options    (required) - if no values supplied) - associative array
+ * - selected   (optional) - string default not set
+ * - output     (required) - if not options supplied) - array
+ * - id         (optional) - string default not set
+ * - class      (optional) - string default not set
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @link     http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.html.options.php {html_image}
+ *           (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @author   Ralf Strehle (minor optimization) <ralf dot strehle at yahoo dot de>
+ *
+ * @param array $params parameters
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * @uses     smarty_function_escape_special_chars()
+ */
+function smarty_function_html_options($params) {
+    require_once(SMARTY_PLUGINS_DIR . 'shared.escape_special_chars.php');
+
+    $name = null;
+    $values = null;
+    $options = null;
+    $selected = null;
+    $output = null;
+    $id = null;
+    $class = null;
+
+    $extra = '';
+
+    foreach ($params as $_key => $_val) {
+        switch ($_key) {
+            case 'name':
+            case 'class':
+            case 'id':
+                $$_key = (string)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'options':
+                $options = (array)$_val;
+                break;
+
+            case 'values':
+            case 'output':
+                $$_key = array_values((array)$_val);
+                break;
+
+            case 'selected':
+                if (is_array($_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_options: 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_options: 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 '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_options: extra attribute '$_key' cannot be an array", E_USER_NOTICE);
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!isset($options) && !isset($values)) {
+        /* raise error here? */
+
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    $_html_result = '';
+    $_idx = 0;
+
+    if (isset($options)) {
+        foreach ($options as $_key => $_val) {
+            $_html_result .= smarty_function_html_options_optoutput($_key, $_val, $selected, $id, $class, $_idx);
+        }
+    } else {
+        foreach ($values as $_i => $_key) {
+            $_val = isset($output[$_i]) ? $output[$_i] : '';
+            $_html_result .= smarty_function_html_options_optoutput($_key, $_val, $selected, $id, $class, $_idx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!empty($name)) {
+        $_html_class = !empty($class) ? ' class="' . $class . '"' : '';
+        $_html_id = !empty($id) ? ' id="' . $id . '"' : '';
+        $_html_result = '<select name="' . $name . '"' . $_html_class . $_html_id . $extra . '>' . "\n" . $_html_result . '</select>' . "\n";
+    }
+
+    return $_html_result;
+}
+
+function smarty_function_html_options_optoutput($key, $value, $selected, $id, $class, &$idx) {
+    if (!is_array($value)) {
+        $_key = smarty_function_escape_special_chars($key);
+        $_html_result = '<option value="' . $_key . '"';
+        if (is_array($selected)) {
+            if (isset($selected[$_key])) {
+                $_html_result .= ' selected="selected"';
+            }
+        } elseif ($_key === $selected) {
+            $_html_result .= ' selected="selected"';
+        }
+        $_html_class = !empty($class) ? ' class="' . $class . ' option"' : '';
+        $_html_id = !empty($id) ? ' id="' . $id . '-' . $idx . '"' : '';
+        if (is_object($value)) {
+            if (method_exists($value, "__toString")) {
+                $value = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$value->__toString());
+            } else {
+                trigger_error("html_options: value is an object of class '" . get_class($value) . "' without __toString() method", E_USER_NOTICE);
+
+                return '';
+            }
+        } else {
+            $value = smarty_function_escape_special_chars((string)$value);
+        }
+        $_html_result .= $_html_class . $_html_id . '>' . $value . '</option>' . "\n";
+        $idx++;
+    } else {
+        $_idx = 0;
+        $_html_result = smarty_function_html_options_optgroup($key, $value, $selected, !empty($id) ? ($id . '-' . $idx) : null, $class, $_idx);
+        $idx++;
+    }
+
+    return $_html_result;
+}
+
+function smarty_function_html_options_optgroup($key, $values, $selected, $id, $class, &$idx) {
+    $optgroup_html = '<optgroup label="' . smarty_function_escape_special_chars($key) . '">' . "\n";
+    foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+        $optgroup_html .= smarty_function_html_options_optoutput($key, $value, $selected, $id, $class, $idx);
+    }
+    $optgroup_html .= "</optgroup>\n";
+
+    return $optgroup_html;
+}