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Description

Builds a list of the help sites which can be used in a select option

Syntax

createSiteList($pathToXml, $selected=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$pathToXml		Path to an xml file
$selected	null	Language tag to select (if exists)

Defined in

libraries/joomla/language/help.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.language.help' );

Source Body

function createSiteList($pathToXml, $selected = null)
{
        $list   = array ();
        $xml    =& JFactory::getXMLParser('Simple');
        $data   = null;
        if( !empty( $pathToXml ) ) {
                $data = file_get_contents($pathToXml);
        }

        if(empty($data))
        {
                $option['text'] = 'English (GB) help.joomla.org';
                $option['value'] = 'http://help.joomla.org';
                $list[] = $option;
        }
        else
        {
                if($xml->loadString($data))
                {
                        // Are there any languages??
                        $elmSites = & $xml->document->sites[0];

                        if (is_object($elmSites)) {

                                $option = array ();
                                $sites = $elmSites->children();
                                foreach ($sites as $site)
                                {
                                        $text                           = $site->data();
                                        $url                            = $site->attributes('url');
                                        $option['text']         = $text;
                                        $option['value']        = $url;
                                        $list[]                         = $option;
                                }
                        }
                }
        }

        return $list;
}

Examples

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