<?php
abstract class Base {
	public function configure(array $properties = null) {
        if(!empty($properties)) {
			$class = get_class($this);
                           
			/*The property_reference lookup array is created so that properties can be set
			case-insensitively.*/
            $available = array_keys(get_class_vars($class));
            $property_reference = array();
            foreach($available as $property)
                $property_reference[strtolower($property)] = $property;

			/*The method reference lookup array is created so that "set" methods can be called
			case-insensitively.*/
            $available = get_class_methods($class);
            $method_reference = array();
            foreach($available as $method)
                $method_reference[strtolower($method)] = $method;
			
            foreach($properties as $property => $value) {
				$property = strtolower($property);
                /*Properties beginning with "_" cannot be set directly.*/
                if($property[0] != "_") {
                    /*If the appropriate class has a "set" method for the property provided, then
                    it is called instead or setting the property directly.*/
                    if(isset($method_reference["set" . $property]))
                        $this->{$method_reference["set" . $property]}($value);
                    elseif(isset($property_reference[$property]))
                        $this->{$property_reference[$property]} = $value;
                    /*Entries that don't match an available class property are stored in the attributes
                    property if applicable.  Typically, these entries will be element attributes such as
                    class, value, onkeyup, etc.*/
                    else
                        $this->setAttribute($property, $value);
                }
            }
        }
        return $this;
    }

	/*This method can be used to view a class' state.*/
	public function debug() {
		echo "<pre>", print_r($this, true), "</pre>";
	}

	/*This method prevents double/single quotes in html attributes from breaking the markup.*/
	public function filter($str) {
		return htmlspecialchars($str);
	}

	public function getAttribute($attribute) {
        $value = "";
        if(isset($this->_attributes[$attribute]))
            $value =  $this->_attributes[$attribute];

        return $value;
    }

	/*This method is used by the Form class and all Element classes to return a string of html
	attributes.  There is an ignore parameter that allows special attributes from being included.*/
	public function getAttributes($ignore = "") {
        $str = "";
		if(!empty($this->_attributes)) {
			if(!is_array($ignore))
				$ignore = array($ignore);
			$attributes = array_diff(array_keys($this->_attributes), $ignore);
			foreach($attributes as $attribute) {
				$str .= ' ' . $attribute;
				if($this->_attributes[$attribute] !== "" && !is_array($this->_attributes[$attribute]))
					$str .= '="' . $this->filter($this->_attributes[$attribute]) . '"';
                elseif (is_array($this->_attributes[$attribute]))
                {
                    if(isset($this->_attributes[$attribute][$_SERVER['RM_COUNTER']]))
                        $str .= '="' . $this->filter($this->_attributes[$attribute][$_SERVER['RM_COUNTER']]) . '"';
                    if ($_SERVER['RM_COUNTER'] < (count($this->_attributes[$attribute])-1))
                        $_SERVER['RM_COUNTER'] ++;
                    else
                        $_SERVER['RM_COUNTER'] = 0;
                }
			}	
		}	
        return $str;
    }

	public function appendAttribute($attribute, $value) {
        if(isset($this->_attributes)) {
            if(!empty($this->_attributes[$attribute]))
                $this->_attributes[$attribute] .= " " . $value;
            else
                $this->_attributes[$attribute] = $value;
        }
    }

    public function setAttribute($attribute, $value) {
        if(isset($this->_attributes))
            $this->_attributes[$attribute] = $value;
    }
}
?>
