Richard Shepherd

function widgetTutorial_init() {
  // These are the Wordpress functions which will register
  // the widget, and also the widget control - or
  // 'options', to you and me.
  register_sidebar_widget('Widget Tutorial', 'widget_widgetTutorial');
  register_widget_control('Widget Tutorial', 'widgetTutorial_control');
}
 
add_action("plugins_loaded", "widgetTutorial_init");

register_sidebar_widget('Widget Tutorial', 'widget_widgetTutorial');
register_widget_control('Widget Tutorial', 'widgetTutorial_control');

add_action("plugins_loaded", "widgetTutorial_init");

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: A Smiple Wordpress Widget Tutorial
Plugin URI: <a href="http://www.richardshepherd.com">http://www.richardshepherd.com</a>
Description: Simple Widget Tutorial from richardshepherd.com
Author: Richard Shepherd
Version: v1.0
Author URI: <a href="http://www.richardshepherd.com">http://www.richardshepherd.com</a>
*/
 
function widget_widgetTutorial($args) {
 // First we grab the Wordpress theme args, which we
 // use to display the widget
 extract($args);
 
 // Now we sniff around to see if there are
 // any preset options
 $options = get_option("widget_widgetTutorial");
 
 // If no options have been set, we need to set them
 if (!is_array( $options )) {
  $options = array(
    'title' => 'Widget Title',
    'text' => 'Widget Text'
    );
 }
 
 // Display the widget!
 echo $before_widget;
 echo $before_title;
  echo $options['title'];
 echo $after_title;
  //Our Widget Content
    echo $options['text'];
 echo $after_widget;
}
 
function widgetTutorial_control() {
 
 // We need to grab any preset options
 $options = get_option("widget_widgetTutorial");
 
 // No options? No problem! We set them here.
 if (!is_array( $options )) {
  $options = array(
    'title' => 'Widget Title',
    'text' => 'Widget Text'
  );
 }
 
 // Is the user has set the options and clicked save,
 // Then we grab them using the $_POST function.
 if ($_POST['widgetTutorial-Submit']) {
  $options['title'] =
    htmlspecialchars($_POST['widgetTutorial-WidgetTitle']);
  $options['text'] =
    htmlspecialchars($_POST['widgetTutorial-WidgetText']);
  // And we also update the options in the Wordpress Database
  update_option("widget_widgetTutorial", $options);
 }
 
?>
 
<label for="widgetTutorial-WidgetTitle">Widget Title:</label>
<input type="text" id="widgetTutorial-WidgetTitle"
      name="widgetTutorial-WidgetTitle"
      value="<?php echo $options['title']?>" />
 
 <label for="widgetTutorial-WidgetText">Widget Text:</label>
<textarea id="widgetTutorial-WidgetText" cols="20" rows="2" name="widgetTutorial-WidgetText" cols="30" rows="4"><?php echo $options['text'];?>
</textarea>
 
 
<input type="hidden" id="widgetTutorial-Submit"
      name="widgetTutorial-Submit"
      value="1" />
 
<?php
 
}
 
function widgetTutorial_init() {
 // These are the Wordpress functions which will register
 // the widget, and also the widget control - or
 // 'options', to you and me.
 register_sidebar_widget('Widget Tutorial', 'widget_widgetTutorial');
 register_widget_control('Widget Tutorial', 'widgetTutorial_control');
}
 
add_action("plugins_loaded", "widgetTutorial_init");
?>