[Mini-Hack] Make select function for admin functions.

I recently installed the gender hack on my version 2.2.9 forum and looked through adminfunction.php and couldnt find a function to make a select menu si i made my own and figured I'll release it in case it would be helpful to others, any ways, here it is:

PHP Code:

// ###################### Start makeselectcode #######################
function makeselectcode ($title,$name,$selectarray,$value="select_null") {
  // Makes code for select menu's 
  unset($content);
  if (count($selectarray)) {
    $content = "<select name='".$name."'>\n"; 
    while (list($select_name,$select_value) = each($selectarray)) {
      if ($select_name) {
          unset($selected);
          if ((trim(strtolower($select_value)) == trim(strtolower($value))) and $value != "select_null") 
            $selected = " selected";
          $content .=  '<option value="'.$select_value.'"'.$selected.'>'.$select_name.'</option>\n';
      }
    }
    $content .=  "</select>";
  }   
  echo "<tr class='".getrowbg()."' valign='top'>\n<td><p>$title</p></td>\n<td><p>".$content."</p></td>\n</tr>\n";
 } 

just place that in adminfunctions.php, like above the ?>

Heres an example on how to use it:

PHP Code:

makeselectcode("Gender","gender",array("Undisclosed" => "0","Female" => "1","Male" => "2"),0); 

The first parameter in the function is the title of the select menu, the secton param is the select name, the third is an array to male the select menu with, heres how that is set up:

array("Name" => "Value");

and you can have all you want for example:

array("Name" => "Value","Name" => "Value","Name" => "Value");

and the forth and final param is the value of the select menu, as it creates the select menu, if the value in the array matches the value param, it selected it like:

<option value="$Value" selected>$Name</select>

so in:

array("foo1" => "bar1","foo2" => "bar2","foo3" => "bar3");

and you set the function value parameter to bar2 like:

PHP Code:

makeselectcode("Test","text",array("foo1" => "bar1","foo2" => "bar2","foo3" => "bar3"),"foo2"); 

the secon option will be selected like:

<option value="bar2" selected>foo2</select>

I hoped I explained it well enough, also If a function similar to this exsists, can a mod please delete this thread, thank you.

Ill post an attachment below to show the outcome in admin users for the gender hack I installed.

[Boofo]

Could this be made to use in other areas of the board, too, and not just the Admin area?

[Dean C]

Indeed this looks very nice but would be nice to use anywhere

Would we just add it to functions.php?

- miSt

[Slynderdale]

Originally posted by Boofo
Could this be made to use in other areas of the board, too, and not just the Admin area?

Yea, I actually made a function for that, i just edited for adminfunctions.php, heres the other:

PHP Code:

function createselectmenu($name,$selectarray,$value="select_null") {
  unset($content);
  if (count($selectarray)) {
    $content = "<select name=".$name.">\n"; 
    while (list($select_name,$select_value) = each($selectarray)) {
      if ($select_name) {
          unset($selected);
          if (substr($select_name,0,1)=="@" or (trim(strtolower($select_value)) == trim(strtolower($value))) and $value != "select_null")) {
            if (substr($select_name,0,1)=="@") $select_name = substr($select_name,1,strlen($select_name));
            $selected = " selected";
          }
          $content .=  '<option value="'.$select_value.'"'.$selected.'>'.$select_name.'</option>\n';
      }
    }
    $content .=  "</select>\n";
  }   
  if ($content) return $content;
  else return false;
} 

This works the same as the one i posted before but you dont give it a title, this just outputs the select html code and thats all so you can place it any wheres. Theres two ways you can have it select a value, one is like below, have the $value param in the function the same value of in the array or add a @ in front of the name in the array like:

PHP Code:

  $array = array(
    "@Select Color" => "-1",
    "Aliceblue" => "#F0F8FF",
    "Antiquewhite" => "#FAEBD7",
    "Aqua" => "#00FFFF",
    "Aquamarine" => "#7FFFD4",
    "Azure" => "#F0FFFF",
    "Beige" => "#F5F5DC",
    "Bisque" => "#FFE4C4",
    "Black" => "#000000",
    "Blanchedalmond" => "#FFEBCD",
    "Blue" => "#0000FF",
    "Blueviolet" => "#8A2BE2",
    "Brown" => "#A52A2A",
    "Burlywood" => "#DEB887",
    "Cadetblue" => "#5F9EA0",
    "Chartreuse" => "#7FFF00",
    "Chocolate" => "#D2691E",
    "Coral" => "#FF7F50",
    "Cornflowerblue" => "#6495ED",
    "Cornsilk" => "#FFF8DC",
    "Crimson" => "#DC143C",
    "Cyan" => "#00FFFF",
    "Darkblue" => "#00008B",
    "Darkcyan" => "#008B8B",
    "Darkgoldenrod" => "#B8860B",
    "Darkgray" => "#A9A9A9",
    "Darkgreen" => "#006400",
    "Darkkhaki" => "#BDB76B",
    "Darkmagenta" => "#8B008B",
    "Darkolivegreen" => "#556B2F",
    "Darkorange" => "#FF8C00",
    "Darkorchid" => "#9932CC",
    "Darkred" => "#8B0000",
    "Darksalmon" => "#E9967A",
    "Darkseagreen" => "#8FBC8F",
    "Darkslateblue" => "#483D8B",
    "Darkslategray" => "#2F4F4F",
    "Darkturquoise" => "#00CED1",
    "Darkviolet" => "#9400D3",
    "Deeppink" => "#FF1493",
    "Deepskyblue" => "#00BFFF",
    "Dimgray" => "#696969",
    "Dodgerblue" => "#1E90FF",
    "Firebrick" => "#B22222",
    "Floralwhite" => "#FFFAF0",
    "Forestgreen" => "#228B22",
    "Fuchsia" => "#FF00FF",
    "Gainsboro" => "#DCDCDC",
    "Ghostwhite" => "#F8F8FF",
    "Gold" => "#FFD700",
    "Goldenrod" => "#DAA520",
    "Gray" => "#808080",
    "Green" => "#008000",
    "Greenyellow" => "#ADFF2F",
    "Honeydew" => "#F0FFF0",
    "Hotpink" => "#FF69B4",
    "Indianred" => "#CD5C5C",
    "Indigo" => "#4B0082",
    "Ivory" => "#FFFFF0",
    "Khaki" => "#F0E68C",
    "Lavender" => "#E6E6FA",
    "Lavenderblush" => "#FFF0F5",
    "Lawngreen" => "#7CFC00",
    "Lemonchiffon" => "#FFFACD",
    "Lightblue" => "#ADD8E6",
    "Lightcoral" => "#F08080",
    "Lightcyan" => "#E0FFFF",
    "Lightgoldenrodyellow" => "#FAFAD2",
    "Lightgreen" => "#90EE90",
    "Lightgrey" => "#D3D3D3",
    "Lightpink" => "#FFB6C1",
    "Lightsalmon" => "#FFA07A",
    "Lightseagreen" => "#20B2AA",
    "Lightskyblue" => "#87CEFA",
    "Lightslategray" => "#778899",
    "Lightsteelblue" => "#B0C4DE",
    "Lightyellow" => "#FFFFE0",
    "Lime" => "#00FF00",
    "Limegreen" => "#32CD32",
    "Linen" => "#FAF0E6",
    "Magenta" => "#FF00FF",
    "Maroon" => "#800000",
    "Mediumauqamarine" => "#66CDAA",
    "Mediumblue" => "#0000CD",
    "Mediumorchid" => "#BA55D3",
    "Mediumpurple" => "#9370D8",
    "Mediumseagreen" => "#3CB371",
    "Mediumslateblue" => "#7B68EE",
    "Mediumspringgreen" => "#00FA9A",
    "Mediumturquoise" => "#48D1CC",
    "Mediumvioletred" => "#C71585",
    "Midnightblue" => "#191970",
    "Mintcream" => "#F5FFFA",
    "Mistyrose" => "#FFE4E1",
    "Moccasin" => "#FFE4B5",
    "Navajowhite" => "#FFDEAD",
    "Navy" => "#000080",
    "Oldlace" => "#FDF5E6",
    "Olive" => "#808000",
    "Olivedrab" => "#688E23",
    "Orange" => "#FFA500",
    "Orangered" => "#FF4500",
    "Orchid" => "#DA70D6",
    "Palegoldenrod" => "#EEE8AA",
    "Palegreen" => "#98FB98",
    "Paleturquoise" => "#AFEEEE",
    "Palevioletred" => "#D87093",
    "Papayawhip" => "#FFEFD5",
    "Peachpuff" => "#FFDAB9",
    "Peru" => "#CD853F",
    "Pink" => "#FFC0CB",
    "Plum" => "#DDA0DD",
    "Powderblue" => "#B0E0E6",
    "Purple" => "#800080",
    "Red" => "#FF0000",
    "Rosybrown" => "#BC8F8F",
    "Royalblue" => "#4169E1",
    "Saddlebrown" => "#8B4513",
    "Salmon" => "#FA8072",
    "Sandybrown" => "#F4A460",
    "Seagreen" => "#2E8B57",
    "Seashell" => "#FFF5EE",
    "Sienna" => "#A0522D",
    "Silver" => "#C0C0C0",
    "Skyblue" => "#87CEEB",
    "Slateblue" => "#6A5ACD",
    "Slategray" => "#708090",
    "Snow" => "#FFFAFA",
    "Springgreen" => "#00FF7F",
    "Steelblue" => "#4682B4",
    "Tan" => "#D2B48C",
    "Teal" => "#008080",
    "Thistle" => "#D8BFD8",
    "Tomato" => "#FF6347",
    "Turquoise" => "#40E0D0",
    "Violet" => "#EE82EE",
    "Wheat" => "#F5DEB3",
    "White" => "#FFFFFF",
    "Whitesmoke" => "#F5F5F5",
    "Yellow" => "#FFFF00",
    "YellowGreen" => "#9ACD32"    
  ); 

[Slynderdale]

Note: The function in the first post goes in adminfunctions.php the one i just posted above can go in functions.php to use any where on the forum.

[Boofo]

Great! Thanks! I'll play with it a little and see what I can make with it.

[DWZ]

Can you put your code in a text document to stop unlicensed members from viewing the code please?

Thanks

[Kriek]

Slynderdale, check your PM =)