Moodle 2 - Generate pure HTML menu

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//custom navigation bar - pure HTML
function themename_get_menu(){
   //get the menu string from CFG
   global $CFG;	   
   $menu = $CFG->custommenuitems;
   
   //now get everything into a two dimensional array [entry][value]
   $items = explode("\r\n", $menu);
   $count = 0;
   while (isset($items[$count])){
	$items[$count] = explode("|", $items[$count]);
	$count++;
   }

   //generate our list
   $count = 0;	
   $indent = 0;
   $output = "";	
   while (isset($items[$count])){	
	$strpos = strrpos($items[$count][0], "-");
	//work out this lines indent
	if ($strpos === false){
		$itemindent = 0;
	}
	else{
		$itemindent = $strpos +1;
		$items[$count][0] = str_replace("-", "", $items[$count][0]);
	}
	
	//compare this indent to the previous line and adjust if necessary
	while($itemindent != $indent){
		if ($itemindent > $indent){
			$output = substr($output, 0, -7);
			$output = $output.str_repeat("\r\n    ", $indent);
			$indent++;
			$output = $output."<ul>\r";
		}
		elseif ($itemindent < $indent){
			$indent--;
			$output = $output.str_repeat("\r    ", $indent);
			$output = $output."</ul></li>";
		}
	}
	//is this to open on a new page or on self?
	if(isset($items[$count][1])){
		if (strstr($items[$count][1],$CFG->wwwroot) === FALSE){
			$target = "_blank";
		}
		else{
			$target= "_self";
		}
	}
		
	//work out the class
	if($indent == 0){
		$class = "top_level";
	}else{
		$class = "child_level";
	}
		

	//finally, output the list item		
	$output = $output.str_repeat("    ", $indent);
		
	$id = $items[$count][0];	
	$id = str_replace("›", "", $id);
	$id = str_replace(" ", "", $id);		
	$id = strtolower($id);		
        if ($items[$count][1] != ''){
            $output = $output."<li class='".$class."' id='item-".$id."'>
            <a class='button' href='".$items[$count][1]."' target='".$target."' alt='".$items[$count][0]."'>".$items[$count][0]."</a>
            </li>";
        }else{
            $output = $output."<li class='".$class." c2h' id='item-".$id."'>
            <a class='button' href='#' target='_self' alt='".$items[$count][0]."'>".$items[$count][0]."</a>
            </li>";
        }
		$count++;
	}			
	return "<ul id='navlist'>\n".$output."</ul>\n";
}