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+<?php
+	/**************************************************************************\
+	* phpGroupWare - HTML creation class                                       *
+	* http://www.phpgroupware.org                                              *
+	* Written by Ralf Becker <RalfBecker@outdoor-training.de>                  *
+	* --------------------------------------------                             *
+	*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it *
+	*  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the   *
+	*  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your  *
+	*  option) any later version.                                              *
+	\**************************************************************************/
+
+	/* $Id$ */
+
+class html
+{
+	var $user_agent,$ua_version;	// 'mozilla','msie','konqueror'
+	var $prefered_img_title;
+
+	function html()
+	{																// should be Ok for all HTML 4 compatible browsers
+		if (!eregi('compatible; ([a-z_]+)[/ ]+([0-9.]+)',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],$parts))
+		{
+			eregi('^([a-z_]+)/([0-9.]+)',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],$parts);
+		}
+		list(,$this->user_agent,$this->ua_version) = $parts;
+		$this->user_agent = strtolower($this->user_agent);
+		
+		$this->prefered_img_title = $this->user_agent == 'mozilla' && $this->ua_version < 5 ? 'ALT' : 'TITLE';
+		//echo "<p>HTTP_USER_AGENT='$GLOBALS[HTTP_USER_AGENT]', UserAgent: '$this->user_agent', Version: '$this->ua_version', img_title: '$this->prefered_img_title'</p>\n";
+
+		$this->document_root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+		// this is because some webservers report their docroot without the leading slash
+		if (!is_dir($this->document_root) && is_dir('/'.$this->document_root))
+		{
+			$this->document_root = '/' . $this->document_root;
+		}
+		//echo "<p>_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]='$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]', this->document_root='$this->document_root'</p>\n";
+	}
+
+	/*
+	* Function:		Allows to show and select one item from an array
+	*	Parameters:		$name		string with name of the submitted var which holds the key of the selected item form array
+	*						$key		key(s) of already selected item(s) from $arr, eg. '1' or '1,2' or array with keys
+	*						$arr		array with items to select, eg. $arr = array ( 'y' => 'yes','n' => 'no','m' => 'maybe');
+	*						$no_lang	if !$no_lang send items through lang()
+	*						$options	additional options (e.g. 'multiple')
+	* On submit		$XXX		is the key of the selected item (XXX is the content of $name)
+	* Returns:			string to set for a template or to echo into html page
+	*/
+	function select($name, $key, $arr=0,$no_lang=0,$options='',$multiple=0)
+	{
+		// should be in class common.sbox
+		if (!is_array($arr))
+		{
+			$arr = array('no','yes');
+		}
+		if (intval($multiple) > 0)
+		{
+			$options .= ' MULTIPLE SIZE="'.intval($multiple).'"';
+			if (substr($name,-2) != '[]')
+			{
+				$name .= '[]';
+			}
+		}
+		$out = "<select name=\"$name\" $options>\n";
+
+		if (is_array($key))
+		{
+			$key = implode(',',$key);
+		}
+		foreach($arr as $k => $text)
+		{
+			$out .= '<option value="'.htmlspecialchars($k).'"';
+
+			if("$k" == "$key" || strstr(",$key,",",$k,"))
+			{
+				$out .= " SELECTED";
+			}
+			$out .= ">" . ($no_lang || $text == '' ? $text : lang($text)) . "</option>\n";
+		}
+		$out .= "</select>\n";
+
+		return $out;
+	}
+
+	function div($content,$options='')
+	{
+		return "<DIV $options>\n$content</DIV>\n";
+	}
+
+	function input_hidden($vars,$value='',$ignore_empty=True)
+	{
+		if (!is_array($vars))
+		{
+			$vars = array( $vars => $value );
+		}
+		foreach($vars as $name => $value)
+		{
+			if (is_array($value))
+			{
+				$value = serialize($value);
+			}
+			if (!$ignore_empty || $value && !($name == 'filter' && $value == 'none'))	// dont need to send all the empty vars
+			{
+				$html .= "<INPUT TYPE=\"HIDDEN\" NAME=\"$name\" VALUE=\"".htmlspecialchars($value)."\">\n";
+			}
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+	function textarea($name,$value='',$options='' )
+	{
+		return "<TEXTAREA name=\"$name\" $options>".htmlspecialchars($value)."</TEXTAREA>\n";
+	}
+
+	function input($name,$value='',$type='',$options='' )
+	{
+		if ($type)
+		{
+			$type = 'TYPE="'.$type.'"';
+		}
+		return "<INPUT $type NAME=\"$name\" VALUE=\"".htmlspecialchars($value)."\" $options>\n";
+	}
+
+	function submit_button($name,$lang,$onClick='',$no_lang=0,$options='',$image='',$app='')
+	{
+		if ($image != '')
+		{
+			if (strpos($image,'.')) 
+			{
+				$image = substr($image,0,strpos($image,'.'));
+			}
+			if (!($path = $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image($app,$image)) &&
+			    !($path = $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi',$image)))
+			{
+				$path = $image;		// name may already contain absolut path 
+			}
+			$image = ' SRC="'.$path.'"';
+		}
+		if (!$no_lang)
+		{
+			$lang = lang($lang);
+		}
+		if (($accesskey = strstr($lang,'&')) && $accesskey[1] != ' ' &&
+			(($pos = strpos($accesskey,';')) === False || $pos > 5))
+		{
+			$lang_u = str_replace('&'.$accesskey[1],'<u>'.$accesskey[1].'</u>',$lang);
+			$lang = str_replace('&','',$lang);
+			$options = 'ACCESSKEY="'.$accesskey[1].'" '.$options;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$accesskey = '';
+			$lang_u = $lang;
+		}
+		if ($onClick) $options .= " onClick=\"$onClick\"";
+
+		// <button> is not working in all cases if ($this->user_agent == 'mozilla' && $this->ua_version < 5 || $image)
+		{
+			return $this->input($name,$lang,$image != '' ? 'IMAGE' : 'SUBMIT',$options.$image);
+		}
+		return '<button TYPE="submit" NAME="'.$name.'" VALUE="'.$lang.'" '.$options.'>'.
+			($image != '' ? "<img$image $this->prefered_img_title=\"$lang\"> " : '').
+			($image == '' || $accesskey ? $lang_u : '').'</button>';
+	}
+
+	/*!
+	@function link
+	@abstract creates an absolut link + the query / get-variables
+	@param $url phpgw-relative link, may include query / get-vars
+	@parm $vars query or array ('name' => 'value', ...) with query
+	@example link('/index.php?menuaction=infolog.uiinfolog.get_list',array('info_id' => 123))
+	@example  = 'http://domain/phpgw-path/index.php?menuaction=infolog.uiinfolog.get_list&info_id=123'
+	@result absolut link already run through $phpgw->link
+	*/
+	function link($url,$vars='')
+	{
+		//echo "<p>html::link(url='$url',vars='"; print_r($vars); echo "')</p>\n";
+		if (!is_array($vars))
+		{
+			parse_str($vars,$vars);
+		}
+		list($url,$v) = explode('?',$url);	// url may contain additional vars
+		if ($v)
+		{
+			parse_str($v,$v);
+			$vars += $v;
+		}
+		return $GLOBALS['phpgw']->link($url,$vars);
+	}
+
+	function checkbox($name,$value='')
+	{
+		return "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"$name\" value=\"True\"" .($value ? ' checked' : '') . ">\n";
+	}
+
+	function form($content,$hidden_vars,$url,$url_vars='',$name='',$options='',$method='POST')
+	{
+		$html = "<form method=\"$method\" ".($name != '' ? "name=\"$name\" " : '')."action=\"".$this->link($url,$url_vars)."\" $options>\n";
+		$html .= $this->input_hidden($hidden_vars);
+
+		if ($content) 
+		{
+			$html .= $content;
+			$html .= "</form>\n";
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+	function form_1button($name,$lang,$hidden_vars,$url,$url_vars='',$form_name='',$method='POST')
+	{
+		return $this->form($this->submit_button($name,$lang),
+			$hidden_vars,$url,$url_vars,$form_name,'',$method);
+	}
+
+	/*!
+	@function table
+	@abstracts creates table from array with rows
+	@discussion abstract the html stuff
+	@param $rows array with rows, each row is an array of the cols
+	@param $options options for the table-tag
+	@example $rows = array ( '1'  => array( 1 => 'cell1', '.1' => 'colspan=3',
+	@example                                2 => 'cell2', 3 => 'cell3', '.3' => 'width="10%"' ),
+	@example                 '.1' => 'BGCOLOR="#0000FF"' );
+	@example table($rows,'WIDTH="100%"') = '<table WIDTH="100%"><tr><td colspan=3>cell1</td><td>cell2</td><td width="10%">cell3</td></tr></table>'
+	@result string with html-code of the table
+	*/
+	function table($rows,$options = '',$no_table_tr=False)
+	{
+		$html = $no_table_tr ? '' : "<TABLE $options>\n";
+
+		foreach($rows as $key => $row)
+		{
+			if (!is_array($row))
+			{
+				continue;					// parameter
+			}
+			$html .= $no_table_tr && $key == 1 ? '' : "\t<TR ".$rows['.'.$key].">\n";
+
+			foreach($row as $key => $cell)
+			{
+				if ($key[0] == '.')
+				{
+					continue;				// parameter
+				}
+				$table_pos = strpos($cell,'<TABLE');
+				$td_pos = strpos($cell,'<TD');
+				if ($td_pos !== False && ($table_pos === False || $td_pos < $table_pos))
+				{
+					$html .= $cell;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$html .= "\t\t<TD ".$row['.'.$key].">$cell</TD>\n";
+				}
+			}
+			$html .= "\t</TR>\n";
+		}
+		$html .= "</TABLE>\n";
+
+		if ($no_table_tr)
+		{
+			$html = substr($html,0,-16);
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+	
+	function sbox_submit( $sbox,$no_script=0 )
+	{
+		$html = str_replace('<select','<select onChange="this.form.submit()" ',
+								  $sbox);
+		if ($no_script)
+		{
+			$html .= '<noscript>'.$this->submit_button('send','>').'</noscript>';
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+	function image( $app,$name,$title='',$options='' )
+	{
+		if (!($path = $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image($app,$name)))
+		{
+			$path = $name;		// name may already contain absolut path
+		}
+		if (!@is_readable($this->document_root . $path))
+		{
+			return $title;
+		}
+		if ($title)
+		{
+			$options .= " $this->prefered_img_title=\"".htmlspecialchars($title).'"';
+		}
+		return "<IMG SRC=\"$path\" $options>";
+	}
+
+	function a_href( $content,$url,$vars='',$options='')
+	{
+		if (!strstr($url,'/') && count(explode('.',$url)) == 3)
+		{
+			$url = "/index.php?menuaction=$url";
+		}
+		if (is_array($url))
+		{
+			$vars = $url;
+			$url = '/index.php';
+		}
+		return '<a href="'.$this->link($url,$vars).'" '.$options.'>'.$content.'</a>';
+	}
+
+	function bold($content)
+	{
+		return '<b>'.$content.'</b>';
+	}
+
+	function italic($content)
+	{
+		return '<i>'.$content.'</i>';
+	}
+
+	function hr($width,$options='')
+	{
+		if ($width)
+			$options .= " WIDTH=$width";
+		return "<hr $options>\n";
+	}
+
+	/*!
+	@function formatOptions
+	@abstract formats option-string for most of the above functions
+	@param $options String (or Array) with option-values eg. '100%,,1'
+	@param $names String (or Array) with the option-names eg. 'WIDTH,HEIGHT,BORDER'
+	@example formatOptions('100%,,1','WIDTH,HEIGHT,BORDER') = ' WIDTH="100%" BORDER="1"'
+	@result option string
+	*/
+	function formatOptions($options,$names)
+	{
+		if (!is_array($options)) $options = explode(',',$options);
+		if (!is_array($names))   $names   = explode(',',$names);
+
+		while (list($n,$val) = each($options))
+			if ($val != '' && $names[$n] != '')
+				$html .= ' '.$names[$n].'="'.$val.'"';
+
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+	/*!
+	@function themeStyles
+	@abstract returns simple stylesheet (incl. <STYLE> tags) for nextmatch row-colors
+	@result the classes 'th' = nextmatch header, 'row_on'+'row_off' = alternating rows
+	*/
+	function themeStyles()
+	{
+		return $this->style($this->theme2css());
+	}
+
+	/*!
+	@function theme2css
+	@abstract returns simple stylesheet for nextmatch row-colors
+	@result the classes 'th' = nextmatch header, 'row_on'+'row_off' = alternating rows
+	*/
+	function theme2css()
+	{
+		return 
+			".th { background: ".$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['th_bg']."; font-weight: bold; }\n".
+			".row_on,.th_bright { background: ".$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['row_on']."; }\n".
+			".row_off { background: ".$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['row_off']."; }\n";
+	}
+
+	function style($styles)
+	{
+		return $styles ? "<STYLE type=\"text/css\">\n<!--\n$styles\n-->\n</STYLE>" : '';
+	}
+
+	function label($content,$id='',$accesskey='',$options='')
+	{
+		if ($id != '')
+		{
+			$id = " FOR=\"$id\"";
+		}
+		if ($accesskey != '')
+		{
+			$accesskey = " ACCESSKEY=\"$accesskey\"";
+		}
+		return "<LABEL$id$accesskey $options>$content</LABEL>";
+	}
+}