diff --git a/web/includes/functions.php b/web/includes/functions.php
index ef91fa6f0..d7ffbc606 100644
--- a/web/includes/functions.php
+++ b/web/includes/functions.php
@@ -609,6 +609,27 @@ function truncText( $text, $length, $deslash=1 )
     return( preg_replace( "/^(.{".$length.",}?)\b.*$/", "\\1…", ($deslash?stripslashes($text):$text) ) );       
 }               
 
+function htmlSelect( $name, $contents, $values, $behaviors=false ) {
+
+    $behaviourText = "";
+    if ( !empty($behaviours) ) {
+        if ( is_array($behaviours) ) {
+            foreach ( $behaviours as $event=>$action ) {
+                $behaviourText .= ' '.$event.'="'.$action.'"';
+            }
+        } else {
+            $behaviourText = ' onchange="'.$behaviours.'"';
+        }
+    }
+	$html = "<select name=\"$name\" id=\"$name\"$behaviourText>";
+	foreach ( $contents as $value=>$text ) {
+		$selected = is_array( $values ) ? in_array( $value, $values ) : $value==$values;
+		$html .= "<option value=\"$value\"".($selected?" selected=\"selected\"":'').">$text</option>";
+	}
+	$html .= "</select>";
+	return $html;
+}
+
 function buildSelect( $name, $contents, $behaviours=false )
 {
     $value = "";