On 02.08.2010, at 19:27, Richard Dyce wrote:
>
> Just a pre-re-invent-the-wheel inquiry... Does anyone have an example of
> macros for formatting form fields in phptal?
>
> I have an older framework which create field objects based on the data and
> type, and populates them from a simple array:
>
> e.g.
>
> <?php
>
> $fields = array(
> 'id' => array('label'=>'', 'type'=>'hidden', 'value'=>2),
> 'name' => array('label'=>'Name', 'type'=>'text', 'value'=>'John Smith'),
> 'user' => array('label'=>'Owner', 'type'=>'select',
> 'valuelist'=>array(1,2,3), 'value'=>2)
> );
>
> ?>
>
> It seems daft me to duplicate the logic twice over, and it appears that
> phptal might be able to handle it with some repeats and templating. But
> before I tie myself in knots over this, has anyone already done it, or tried
> it and found the gotcha ;-)
>
If you already have framework that works, then most pragmatic solution would be
to let it generate HTML, and then output it literally in PHPTAL:
${structure form_html}
I don't have any code to generate form from such structure, but it seems quite
doable with TAL.
--
regards, Kornel
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