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Syntax

get_group_children_tree($root_id=null, $root_name=null, $inclusive=true, $html=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$root_id	null
$root_name	null
$inclusive	true
$html	true	Returns the complete html if true

Returns

string|array String if html, otherwise an array

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/authorization.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.authorization' );

Source Body

function get_group_children_tree( $root_id=null, $root_name=null, $inclusive=true, $html=true )
{
        $db =& JFactory::getDBO();

        $tree = $this->_getBelow( '#__core_acl_aro_groups',
                'g1.id, g1.name, COUNT(g2.name) AS level',
                'g1.name',
                $root_id, $root_name, $inclusive );

        // first pass get level limits
        $n = count( $tree );
        $min = $tree[0]->level;
        $max = $tree[0]->level;
        for ($i=0; $i < $n; $i++) {
                $min = min( $min, $tree[$i]->level );
                $max = max( $max, $tree[$i]->level );
        }

        $indents = array();
        foreach (range( $min, $max ) as $i) {
                $indents[$i] = '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;';
        }
        // correction for first indent
        $indents[$min] = '';

        $list = array();
        for ($i=$n-1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
                $shim = '';
                foreach (range( $min, $tree[$i]->level ) as $j) {
                        $shim .= $indents[$j];
                }

                if (@$indents[$tree[$i]->level+1] == '.&nbsp;') {
                        $twist = '&nbsp;';
                } else {
                        $twist = "-&nbsp;";
                }
                $groupName = JText::_( $tree[$i]->name );
                //$list[$i] = $tree[$i]->level.$shim.$twist.$tree[$i]->name;
                if ($html) {
                        $list[$i] = JHTML::_('select.option',  $tree[$i]->id, $shim.$twist.$groupName );
                } else {
                        $list[$i] = array( 'value'=>$tree[$i]->id, 'text'=>$shim.$twist.$groupName );
                }
                if ($tree[$i]->level < @$tree[$i-1]->level) {
                        $indents[$tree[$i]->level+1] = '.&nbsp;';
                }
        }

        ksort($list);
        return $list;
}

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