formhelpers.php

<?php
//print a text box
function input_text($element_name, $values) {
    print '<input type="text" name="' . $element_name .'" value="';
    print h($values[$element_name]) . '">';
}

//print a submit button
function input_submit($element_name, $label) {
    print '<input type="submit" name="' . $element_name .'" value="';
    print h($label) .'"/>';
}

//print a textarea
function input_textarea($element_name, $values) {
    print '<textarea name="' . $element_name .'">';
    print h($values[$element_name]) . '</textarea>';
}

//print a radio button or checkbox
function input_radiocheck($type, $element_name, $values, $element_value) {
    print '<input type="' . $type . '" name="' . $element_name .'" value="' . $element_value . '" ';
    if ($element_value == $values[$element_name]) {
        print ' checked="checked"';
    }
    print '/>';
}

//print a <select> menu
function input_select($element_name, $selected, $options, $multiple = false) {
    // print out the <select> tag
    print '<select name="' . $element_name;
    // if multiple choices are permitted, add the multiple attribute
    // and add a [] to the end of the tag name
    if ($multiple) { print '[]" multiple="multiple'; }
    print '">';

    // set up the list of things to be selected
    $selected_options = array();
    if ($multiple) {
        foreach ($selected[$element_name] as $val) {
            $selected_options[$val] = true;
        }
    } else {
        $selected_options[ $selected[$element_name] ] = true;
    }

var_dump($selected_options);

    // print out the <option> tags
    foreach ($options as $option => $label) {
        print '<option value="' . h($option) . '"';
        if ($selected_options[$option]) {
            print ' selected="selected"';
        }
        print '>' . h($label) . '</option>';
    }
    print '</select>';
}

function h($str){
	return htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
}
?>