Finally added a format helper, which has been long intended. There may be still be conversion issues, it hasn't been tested much.

git-svn-id: file:///svn-source/pmgr/branches/ledger_transactions_20090605@77 97e9348a-65ac-dc4b-aefc-98561f571b83

site/views/helpers/format.php

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+<?php
+
+class FormatHelper extends AppHelper {
+
+  static $time;
+  static $number;
+
+  function __construct() {
+    App::import('Helper', array('Time', 'Number'));
+    self::$time = new TimeHelper;
+    self::$number = new NumberHelper;
+  }
+
+  function currency($amount) {
+    if (!isset($amount))
+      return null;
+
+    return (isset($amount)
+	    ? self::$number->currency($amount)
+	    : null);
+    
+/*     if ($money < 0) */
+/*       return "($ " . number_format(-1*$money, 2) . ")"; */
+/*     else */
+/*       return "$ " . number_format($money, 2); */
+  }
+
+  function date($date) {
+    $date_fmt = 'm/d/Y';
+    return (isset($date)
+	    ? self::$time->format($date_fmt, $date)
+	    //? date_format(date_create($date), $date_fmt)
+	    : null);
+  }
+
+  function datetime($datetime) {
+    if (!$date) return null;
+    return self::$time->nice($datetime);
+  }
+
+  function phone($phone) {
+    if (!isset($phone))
+      return null;
+
+    $phone = preg_replace("/\D/", "", $phone);
+    if(strlen($phone) == 7)
+      return preg_replace("/(\d{3})(\d{4})/", "$1-$2", $phone);
+    elseif(strlen($phone) == 10)
+      return preg_replace("/(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})/", "$1-$2-$3", $phone);
+    else
+      return $phone;
+  }
+
+  function comment($comment) {
+    if (isset($comment) && is_array($comment)) {
+      foreach (array_keys($comment) AS $k) {
+	if (!$comment[$k])
+	  unset($comment[$k]);
+      }
+      return implode('; ', $comment);
+    }
+
+    return $comment;
+  }
+
+}