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+<?
+/* 
+   This file is part of the 'Science Fair In A Box' project
+   SFIAB Website: http://www.sfiab.ca
+
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Sci-Tech Ontario Inc <info@scitechontario.org>
+   Copyright (C) 2005 James Grant <james@lightbox.org>
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+?>
+<?
+class ltxt
+{
+	var $txtdata;
+	var $str_separator;
+	var $str_newline;
+	var $page_subheader;
+
+	function separator()
+	{
+		return $this->str_separator;
+	}
+	function setSeparator($s)
+	{
+		$this->str_separator=$s;
+	}
+
+
+	function newline()
+	{
+		return $this->str_newline;
+	}
+	function setNewline($s)
+	{
+		$this->str_newline=$s;
+	}
+
+	function centerText($text, $width)
+	{
+		// FIXME, there must be an easier way of doing this, 
+		// probably with printf :)
+		$t = "";
+		$space = $width - strlen($text);
+		$w2 = floor($space / 2);
+		for($x=0; $x<$w2; $x++) $t .= ' ';
+		$t .= $text;
+		$w2 = $space - $w2;
+		for($x=0; $x<$w2; $x++) $t .= ' ';
+		return $t;
+	}
+	function leftText($text, $width)
+	{
+		$t = "";
+		$t .= $text;
+		for($x=strlen($text); $x<$width; $x++) $t .= ' ';
+		return $t;
+	}
+	function dashText($width) 
+	{
+		$t='';
+		for($x=0; $x<$width; $x++) $t .= '-';
+		return $t;
+	}
+
+	function addTable($table)
+	{
+		$widths = array();
+
+		if($table['header']) {
+			$table_cols=count($table['header']);
+		} else {
+			$table_cols=count($table['data'][0]);
+		}
+
+		/* Find the width of each column */
+		if($table['header']) {
+			for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++) {
+				$w = strlen($table['header'][$c]);
+				if($w > $widths[$c]) $widths[$c] = $w;
+			}
+		}
+		foreach($table['data'] AS $dataline) {
+			for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++) {
+				$w = strlen($dataline[$c]);
+				if($w > $widths[$c]) $widths[$c] = $w;
+			}
+		}
+
+
+
+		if($table['header']) {
+			$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+			for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++) {
+				$head = $this->centerText($table['header'][$c], $widths[$c]);
+				$this->txtdata.=$head;
+				$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+			}
+			$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+			$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+			for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++) {
+				$this->txtdata.=$this->dashText($widths[$c]);
+				$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+			}
+			$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+
+		}
+
+		//now do the data in the table
+		if($table['data']) {
+			foreach($table['data'] AS $dataline) {
+				$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+				for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++) {
+					$d = $this->leftText($dataline[$c], $widths[$c]);
+					$this->txtdata.=$d;
+					$this->txtdata.=$this->str_separator;
+				}
+				$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	function heading($str)
+	{
+		//we need to put it in quotes incase it contains a comma we dont want it going to the next 'cell'
+		$this->txtdata.="\"".$str."\"";
+		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+	}
+
+	function addText($str,$align="")
+	{
+		//we need to put it in quotes incase it contains a comma we dont want it going to the next 'cell'
+		$this->txtdata.="\"".$str."\"";
+		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+	}
+
+	function nextline()
+	{
+		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+
+	}
+
+	function newPage()
+	{
+		//well we cant really go to a new page, so in teh absense of a new page, lets put a few blank lines in?
+//		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+//		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+//		$this->txtdata.=$this->newline();
+	}
+
+
+	function output()
+	{
+		if($this->txtdata)
+		{
+			$filename=strtolower($this->page_subheader);
+			$filename=ereg_replace("[^a-z0-9]","_",$filename);
+			//header("Content-type: application/csv");
+			header("Content-type: text/plain");
+			header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=sfiab_".$filename.".txt");
+			header("Content-length: ".strlen($this->txtdata));
+			echo $this->txtdata;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function ltxt($subheader,$sep=" | ",$nl="\r\n")
+	{
+		$this->page_subheader=$subheader;
+		$this->setSeparator($sep);
+		$this->setNewline($nl);
+
+	}
+}
+?>