protected function _get_table_filters()
 {
     $filters = array();
     //todo we're currently using old functions here. We need to move things into the Events_Admin_Page() class as methods.
     EE_Registry::instance()->load_helper('Form_Fields');
     $curstatus = isset($this->_req_data['status']) ? $this->_req_data['status'] : NULL;
     $cur_date = isset($this->_req_data['month_range']) ? $this->_req_data['month_range'] : '';
     $cur_category = isset($this->_req_data['EVT_CAT']) ? $this->_req_data['EVT_CAT'] : -1;
     $reg_status = isset($this->_req_data['_reg_status']) ? $this->_req_data['_reg_status'] : '';
     $filters[] = EEH_Form_Fields::generate_registration_months_dropdown($cur_date, $reg_status, $cur_category);
     $filters[] = EEH_Form_Fields::generate_event_category_dropdown($cur_category);
     $status = array();
     $status[] = array('id' => 0, 'text' => __('Select Status', 'event_espresso'));
     foreach ($this->_status as $key => $value) {
         $status[] = array('id' => $key, 'text' => $value);
     }
     $filters[] = EEH_Form_Fields::select_input('_reg_status', $status, isset($this->_req_data['_reg_status']) ? strtoupper(sanitize_key($this->_req_data['_reg_status'])) : '');
     return $filters;
 }
 /**
  * output a dropdown of the categories for the category filter on the event admin list table
  *
  * @access  public
  * @return string html
  */
 public function category_dropdown()
 {
     $cur_cat = isset($this->_req_data['EVT_CAT']) ? $this->_req_data['EVT_CAT'] : -1;
     return EEH_Form_Fields::generate_event_category_dropdown($cur_cat);
 }