- Add getElementsByType() function

- Handle ids that end in []

etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget.inc.php

@@ -300,6 +300,26 @@ class etemplate_widget
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Iterate over children to find the one with the given id and optional type
+	 *
+	 * @param string $type
+	 * @return etemplate_widget or NULL
+	 */
+	public function getElementsByType($type)
+	{
+		$elements = array();
+		foreach($this->children as $child)
+		{
+			if ($child->type === $type)
+			{
+				$elements[] = $child;
+			}
+			$elements += $child->getElementsByType($type, $subclass_ok);
+		}
+		return $elements;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Run a given method on all children
 	 *
@@ -566,6 +586,12 @@ class etemplate_widget
 		// Make sure none of these are left
 		$idx = str_replace(array('[',']'),array('[',']'),$idx);
 
+		// Handle things expecting arrays - ends in []
+		if(substr($idx,-2) == "[]")
+		{
+			$idx = substr($idx,0,-2);
+		}
+
 		if (count($idxs = explode('[', $idx, 2)) > 1)
 		{
 			$idxs = array_merge(array($idxs[0]), explode('][', substr($idxs[1],0,-1)));