public static function widget($element)
{
static $classes = array();
$class_key = 'widget_' . $element;
if (isset($classes[$class_key])) {
$class = $classes[$class_key];
} else {
$widget_locations = HC_App::widget_locations();
foreach ($widget_locations as $prfx => $locations) {
$class = strtoupper($prfx) . '_Html_Widget_' . ucfirst($element);
if (!class_exists($class)) {
/* attempt to load the file */
if (!is_array($locations)) {
$locations = array($locations);
}
foreach ($locations as $location) {
//echo "ATTEMPT TO LOAD '$class'<br>";
$file = $location . '/html/' . $element . '.php';
if (file_exists($file)) {
include_once $file;
break;
}
}
}
if (class_exists($class)) {
$classes[$class_key] = $class;
break;
}
}
}
$args = func_get_args();
if (class_exists($class)) {
$return = new $class();
array_shift($args);
if ($args) {
call_user_func_array(array($return, "init"), $args);
}
return $return;
} else {
throw new Exception("No class defined: '{$class}'");
}
}