nekrozon

A slight tweak was needed for my code!

Use this updated replace_unique_ids function for absolute control over the ENTIRE widget (version from previous post only gives you control over the body!)

function replace_unique_ids ($pageContent, $uniqueArray)
{

	$widgetIndex = count($uniqueArray);  //Count the number of widgets that are in the sidebar we are modifying
	$bcb = '/<div class=\"Block\">/';  //The string for a widget we are adding the unique ID to

	$i = 0;  //Position of where we are in array
	while ($i < $widgetIndex)
	{
		$currentID = $uniqueArray[$i]; //Get the current unique ID out of the array and into the string $currentID
		$replaceWith = '<div id="' . $currentID . '" class="Block">';  //Construct Replacement HTML
		$pageContent = preg_replace($bcb, $replaceWith, $pageContent, 1);  //Perform the tag replacement and limit to 1 replacement
		$i++; //Move to next unique ID in array
	}

	return $pageContent;
}

Well folks, I put on my PHP hat and dug into WordPress a little bit. The theme that generated this crazy code was from a WYSIWYG WordPress theme creator called Artisteer. Reference the code from my first post to see the full functions that need to be edited. Here is how I got each widget its own unique ID that WordPress Generates:

1. Go into the Theme’s functions.php file and Edit the line of code starting with:

   if (function_exists('register_sidebars')) {
   	register_sidebars(3, array(
   		'before_widget' => '<!--- BEGIN Widget --->,

   and replace it with:

   if (function_exists('register_sidebars')) {
   	register_sidebars(3, array(
   		'before_widget' => '<!--- BEGIN Widget ---> <!-- BEGIN UNIQUE ID="%1$s" AFTER UNIQUE ID-->',

   *The change was Adding <!-- BEGIN UNIQUE ID="%1$s" AFTER UNIQUE ID--> After <!--- BEGIN Widget --->

2. Add these two functions between art_normalize_widget_style_tokens and art_sidebar functions:

   function extract_unique_ids ($idContent)
   {
   	$uniqueIDs = array();  // Initialze Array that unqiue IDs will be stored in
   	$arrayIndex = 0;  //Counter for index of array
   
   	$beginID = '<!-- BEGIN UNIQUE ID="';  //Marks start of unique ID sequence
   	$endID = '" AFTER UNIQUE ID-->';  //Marks end of unqiue ID sequence
   	$idOffset = 0;  //Offset used for searching content
   
   	while (true)
   	{
   		$idBeginPos = strpos($idContent, $beginID, $idOffset); //Find string marking start of unique ID sequence
   		if ($idBeginPos == FALSE) break;  //If not found, break out of loop to return unique IDs
   		$idBeginPos += strlen($beginID);  //Add length of Begin Marker so position is where Unique ID starts
   		$idOffset = $idBeginPos;  //Adjust the offset to where the unqiue ID was found
   
   		$idEndPos = strpos($idContent, $endID, $idOffset);  //Find the position where the unique ID ends
   
   		$uniqueIDs[$arrayIndex++] = substr($idContent, $idBeginPos, $idEndPos - $idBeginPos);	
   
   	}
   	return $uniqueIDs;
   }

   function replace_unique_ids ($pageContent, $uniqueArray)
   {
   
   	$widgetIndex = count($uniqueArray);  //Count the number of widgets that are in the sidebar we are modifying
   	$bcb = '/<div class=\"BlockContent-body\">/';  //The string for a widget we are adding the unique ID to
   
   	$i = 0;  //Position of where we are in array
   	while ($i < $widgetIndex)
   	{
   		$currentID = $uniqueArray[$i]; //Get the current unique ID out of the array and into the string $currentID
   		$replaceWith = '<div id="' . $currentID . '" class="BlockContent-body">';  //Construct Replacement HTML
   		$pageContent = preg_replace($bcb, $replaceWith, $pageContent, 1);  //Perform the tag replacement and limit to 1 replacement
   		$i++; //Move to next unique ID in array
   	}
   
   	return $pageContent;
   }

3. In function art_sidebar after this line of code: if (!$success) return false;
   add this line of code:
   $widgetIDs = extract_unique_ids($content);
4. In function art_sidebar after this line of code: $content = str_replace(array_keys($replaces), array_values($replaces), $content);
   add this line of code:
   $content = replace_unique_ids($content, $widgetIDs);

That’s it! Now why didn’t someone tell me to do that beforehand? Haha jk!

-Nekrozon