AJAX - The Complete Reference

448 Part II: Developing an Ajax Library^

for ($i=0; $i < count($matches); $i++)

{

$widgetTag = $matches[$i][0];

$newOutput = addScript($ratingItems);

// Replace with actual HTML

$output = str_replace($widgetTag, $newOutput, $output);

}

return $output;

}

function createRatingWidget($attributes)

{

global $smarty;

$choices = array();

for ($k=$attributes["min"];$k<=$attributes["max"];$k++)

array_push($choices, $k);

$id = $attributes["id"];

$url = $attributes["url"];

if (isset($attributes["method"]))

$method = $attributes["method"];

else

$method = "POST";

$question = $attributes['question'];

$maxString = $attributes['maxstring'];

$minString = $attributes['minstring'];

$payload = $attributes['payloadvalue'];

$output = <<< END_OUTPUT

<!-- rating widget: BEGIN -->

<div id="ratingWidget$id">

<form action="$url" method="$method"

id="ratingForm$id" target="_blank">

<div id="question$id">

<h3>$question</h3>

</div>

<em id="minRating$id">$maxString- </em>

<span id="ratings$id"> [

END_OUTPUT;

for ($k=$attributes["min"];$k<=$attributes["max"];$k++)

$output .= "<input type='radio' name='$payload' value='$k' />$k";

$output .= <<< END_OUTPUT

] </span>

<em id="maxRating$id">- $minString</em>

<br /><br />

<noscript>

<input type="hidden" name="transport" value="downgrade" />

<input type="submit" value="vote" />

</noscript>

</form>

<br />

<div id="ratingResult$id"> </div>

</div>

<!-- rating widget: END -->

END_OUTPUT;