RosSoft

While creating helpers, there’re some common functions that I’ve  packed in one helper

<?php
/**
 * Common utilities for helpers
 * @author RosSoft
 * @version 0.1
 */
class UtilHelper extends Helper
{       
    /**
     * Converts a string like Model/field to
     * the string data[Model][field]
     * @param string $fieldName Model/field
     * @return string
     */
    function translate_fieldname($fieldName)
    {   
        if (strpos($fieldName,’/'))
        {
            $arr=split(’/',$fieldName);
            $model=$arr[0];
            $field=$arr[1];
            return “data[$model][$field]“;
        }
        else
        {
            return $fieldName;
        }
    }           

    /**
     * Retrieves the value from data array of field passed
     * @param string $fieldName Model/field
     * @return string The value from the data array
     */   
    function retrieve_value($fieldName)
    {
        if (strpos($fieldName,’/'))
        {
            $arr=split(’/',$fieldName);
            $model=$arr[0];
            $field=$arr[1];
            if (isset($this->params['data'][$model][$field]))
            {
                return $this->params['data'][$model][$field];
            }
            else
            {
                return null;
            }
        }                   
    }
   
    /**
     * This is a copy of the same function in HtmlHelper
     * Returns a space-delimited string with items of the $options array. If a
     * key of $options array happens to be one of:
     *    + ‘compact’
     *    + ‘checked’
     *    + ‘declare’
     *    + ‘readonly’
     *    + ‘disabled’
     *    + ’selected’
     *    + ‘defer’
     *    + ‘ismap’
     *    + ‘nohref’
     *    + ‘noshade’
     *    + ‘nowrap’
     *    + ‘multiple’
     *    + ‘noresize’
     *
     * And its value is one of:
     *    + 1
     *    + true
     *    + ‘true’
     *
     * Then the value will be reset to be identical with key’s name.
     * If the value is not one of these 3, the parameter is not output.
     *
     * @param  array  $options      Array of options.
     * @param  array  $exclude      Array of options to be excluded.
     * @param  string $insertBefore String to be inserted before options.
     * @param  string $insertAfter  String to be inserted ater options.
     * @return string
     */   
    function parse_attributes($options, $exclude = null, $insertBefore = ‘ ‘,
    $insertAfter = null)
    {
        $minimizedAttributes = array(
        ‘compact’,
        ‘checked’,
        ‘declare’,
        ‘readonly’,
        ‘disabled’,
        ’selected’,
        ‘defer’,
        ‘ismap’,
        ‘nohref’,
        ‘noshade’,
        ‘nowrap’,
        ‘multiple’,
        ‘noresize’);

        if (!is_array($exclude))
        {
            $exclude = array();
        }

        if (is_array($options))
        {
            $out = array();

            foreach ($options as $key => $value)
            {
                if (!in_array($key, $exclude))
                {
                    if (in_array($key, $minimizedAttributes) && ($value === 1 ||
                    $value === true || $value === ‘true’ || in_array($value,
                    $minimizedAttributes)))
                    {
                        $value = $key;
                    }
                    elseif (in_array($key, $minimizedAttributes))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    $out[] = “{$key}=\”{$value}\”";
                }
            }
            $out = join(’ ‘, $out);
            return $out? $insertBefore.$out.$insertAfter: null;
        }
        else
        {
            return $options? $insertBefore.$options.$insertAfter: null;
        }
    }
   
           
}   
       
?>