validation in form handlers

[quix0rs-gnu-social.git] / lib / util.php

diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 23b944333525be955be963ce5ec0aa6730bad1b4..e4699bf1a4d12ec5b7af77258cc25229351018d6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ function common_submit($id, $label) {
        common_element_end('p');
 }
 
+function common_textarea($id, $label, $content=NULL) {
+       common_element_start('p');
+       common_element('label', array('for' => $id), $label);
+       common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 3,
+                                                                        'cols' => 40,
+                                                                        'name' => $id,
+                                                                        'id' => $id, 
+                                                                        'class' => 'width50'),
+                                  ($content) ? $content : ' ');
+       common_element_end('p');
+}
+
 # salted, hashed passwords are stored in the DB
 
 function common_munge_password($id, $password) {
@@ -381,14 +393,7 @@ function common_profile_url($nickname) {
 function common_notice_form() {
        common_element_start('form', array('id' => 'newnotice', 'method' => 'POST',
                                                                           'action' => common_local_url('newnotice')));
-       common_element_start('p');
-       common_element('label', array('for' => 'content'), _t('What\'s up?'));
-       common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 3, 'cols' => 40,
-                                                                        'name' => 'content',
-                                                                        'id' => 'content', 
-                                                                        'class' => 'width50'),
-                                  ' ');
-       common_element_end('p');
+       common_textarea('noticecontent', _t('What\'s up?'));
        common_submit('submit', _t('Send'));
        common_element_end('form');
 }