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+<?php  if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * Code Igniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP 4.3.2 or newer
+ *
+ * @package		CodeIgniter
+ * @author		Rick Ellis
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2006, pMachine, Inc.
+ * @license		http://www.codeignitor.com/user_guide/license.html 
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com
+ * @since		Version 1.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+ 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Code Igniter Form Helpers
+ *
+ * @package		CodeIgniter
+ * @subpackage	Helpers
+ * @category	Helpers
+ * @author		Rick Ellis
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html
+ */
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Form Declaration
+ *
+ * Creates the opening portion of the form.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
+ * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
+ * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_open($action, $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
+{
+	$obj =& get_instance();
+
+	$form = '<form method="post" action="'.$obj->config->site_url($action).'"';
+	
+	if (is_array($attributes) AND count($attributes) > 0)
+	{
+		foreach ($attributes as $key => $val)
+		{
+			$form .= ' '.$key.'="'.$val.'"';  
+		}
+	}
+	
+	$form .= '>';
+
+	if (is_array($hidden) AND count($hidden > 0))
+	{
+		$form .= form_hidden($hidden);
+	}
+	
+	return $form;
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Form Declaration - Multipart type
+ *
+ * Creates the opening portion of the form, but with "multipart/form-data".
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
+ * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
+ * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_open_multipart($action, $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
+{
+	$attributes['enctype'] = 'multipart/form-data';
+	return form_open($action, $attributes, $hidden);
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Hidden Input Field
+ *
+ * Generates hidden fields.  You can pass a simple key/value string or an associative
+ * array with multiple values.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_hidden($name, $value = '')
+{        
+	if ( ! is_array($name))
+	{
+		return '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.form_prep($value).'" />';
+	}
+
+	$form = '';
+	foreach ($name as $name => $value)
+	{
+		$form .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.form_prep($value).'" />';
+	}
+	
+	return $form;
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Text Input Field
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_input($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	$defaults = array('type' => 'text', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value, 'maxlength' => '500', 'size' => '50');
+
+	return "<input ".parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Password Field
+ *
+ * Identical to the input function but adds the "password" type
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_password($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	if ( ! is_array($data))
+	{
+		$data = array('name' => $data);
+	}
+
+	$data['type'] = 'password';
+	return form_input($data, $value, $extra);
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Upload Field
+ *
+ * Identical to the input function but adds the "file" type
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_upload($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	if ( ! is_array($data))
+	{
+		$data = array('name' => $data);
+	}
+
+	$data['type'] = 'file';
+	return form_input($data, $value, $extra);
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Textarea field
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_textarea($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'cols' => '90', 'rows' => '12');
+	
+	$val = (( ! is_array($data) OR ! isset($data['value'])) ? $value : $data['value']);
+		
+	return "<textarea ".parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra.">".$val."</textarea>\n";
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Dropdown Menu
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	array
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_dropdown($name = '', $options = array(), $selected = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	if ($extra != '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
+		
+	$form = '<select name="'.$name.'"'.$extra.">\n";
+	
+	foreach ($options as $key => $val)
+	{
+		$sel = ($selected != $key) ? '' : ' selected="selected"';
+		
+		$form .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$sel.'>'.$val."</option>\n";
+	}
+
+	$form .= '</select>';
+	
+	return $form;
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Checkbox Field
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	bool
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_checkbox($data = '', $value = '', $checked = TRUE, $extra = '')
+{
+	$defaults = array('type' => 'checkbox', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
+	
+	if (isset($data['checked']))
+	{
+		$checked = $data['checked'];
+		
+		if ($checked == FALSE) 
+			unset($data['checked']);
+	}
+	
+	if ($checked == TRUE)
+		$defaults['checked'] = ' checked="checked"';
+	else
+		unset($defaults['checked']);
+
+	return "<input ".parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Radio Button
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	bool
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_radio($data = '', $value = '', $checked = TRUE, $extra = '')
+{
+	if ( ! is_array($data))
+	{	
+		$data = array('name' => $data);
+	}
+
+	$data['type'] = 'radio';
+	return form_checkbox($data, $value, $checked, $extra);
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Submit Button
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	mixed
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_submit($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
+{
+	$defaults = array('type' => 'submit', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
+
+	return "<input ".parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Form Close Tag
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_close($extra = '')
+{
+	return "</form>\n".$extra;
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Form Prep
+ *
+ * Formats text so that it can be safely placed in a form field in the event it has HTML tags.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function form_prep($str = '')
+{
+	if ($str == '')
+	{
+		return '';
+	}
+	
+	return str_replace(array("'", '"'), array("&#39;", "&quot;"), htmlspecialchars($str));	
+}
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Parse the form attributes
+ *
+ * Helper function used by some of the form helpers
+ *
+ * @access	private
+ * @param	array
+ * @parm	array
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function parse_form_attributes($attributes, $default)
+{
+	if (is_array($attributes))
+	{
+		foreach ($default as $key => $val)
+		{
+			if (isset($attributes[$key]))
+			{
+				$default[$key] = $attributes[$key];
+				unset($attributes[$key]);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (count($attributes) > 0)
+		{	
+			$default = array_merge($default, $attributes);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	$att = '';
+	foreach ($default as $key => $val)
+	{
+		if ($key == 'value')
+		{
+			$val = form_prep($val);
+		}
+	
+		$att .= $key . '="' . $val . '" ';
+	}
+
+	return $att;
+}
+
+?>
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