thanks for that but it does not seem to help. i have the two files where one get variables from the other and prints out basic html tags here
<?php
//import the definition of SuperHTML
include "SuperHTMLDef.php";
//instantiate and use a superHTML page
$s = new SuperHTML("My Super Duper Page!");
$s->setTitle("SuperHTML Demo");
$s->buildTop();
$s->h3("Using the tag method");
$s->tag("i", "This line should be italicized");
$s->h3("adding arbitrary text");
$s->addText("I used the addText method here");
$s->h3("build table from 2d array");
$myArray = array(
array("English", "Spanish", "Japanese"),
array("One", "Uno", "Ichi"),
array("Two", "Dos", "Nii"),
array("Three", "Tres", "San")
);
$s->buildTable($myArray);
$s->h3("build table row-by-row");
$s->startTable(3);
$s->tRow(array("English", "Greek"), "th");
$s->tRow(array("a", "alpha"));
$s->tRow(array("b", "beta"));
$s->endTable();
$s->h3("build an unordered list");
$s->buildList(array("alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta"));
$s->h3("build an ordered list");
$s->buildList(array("alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta"), "ol type = 'a'");
$s->h3("form elements");
$s->addText("<form> \n");
$s->textbox("user name", "Joe");
$s->h3("create select object from associative array");
$numArray = array(
"1"=>"ichii",
"2"=>"nii",
"3"=>"san",
"4"=>"shi"
);
$s->buildSelect("options", $numArray);
$s->h3("make form elements inside a table!");
$myArray = array(
array($s->gTag("b","name"), $s->gTextbox("name")),
array($s->gAddText("address"), $s->gTextbox("address")),
array($s->gAddText("phone"), $s->gTextbox("phone")),
array($s->gAddText("favorite number"), $s->gSelect("numbers", $numArray))
);
$s->buildTable($myArray);
$s->submit();
$s->addText("</form> \n");
print $s->getPage();
?>
you would go to this in the browser and it should print tables and other things.
and this is the include.
<?
// SuperHTML Class Def
// Andy Harris
// PHP / MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
// 2nd Ed.
class SuperHTML{
//properties
var $title;
var $thePage;
function __construct($tTitle = "Super HTML"){
//constructor
$this->setTitle($tTitle);
} // end constructor
function getTitle(){
return $this->title;
} // end getTitle
function setTitle($tTitle){
$this->title = $tTitle;
} // end setTitle
function getPage(){
return $this->thePage;
} // end getPage
//most basic tags
function addText($content){
//given any text (including HTML markup)
//adds the text to the page
$this->thePage .= $content;
$this->thePage .= "\n";
} // end addText
function gAddText($content){
//given any text (including HTML markup)
//returns the text
$temp= $content;
$temp .= "\n";
return $temp;
} // end addText
function buildTop(){
$temp = <<<HERE
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 //EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>$this->title</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1>$this->title</h1>
</center>
HERE;
$this->addText($temp);
} // end buildTop;
function buildBottom(){
//builds the bottom of a generic web page
$temp = <<<HERE
</body>
</html>
HERE;
$this->addText($temp);
} // end buildBottom;
//general tag function
function tag($tagName, $contents){
//given any tag, surrounds contents with tag
//improve so tag can have attributes
$this->addText($this->gTag($tagName, $contents));
} // end tag
function gTag($tagName, $contents){
//given any tag, surrounds contents with tag
//improve so tag can have attributes
//returns tag but does not add it to page
$temp = "<$tagName>\n";
$temp .= " " . $contents . "\n";
$temp .= "</$tagName>\n";
return $temp;
} // end tag
//header functions
function h1($stuff){
$this->tag("h1", $stuff);
} // end h1
function h2($stuff){
$this->tag("h2", $stuff);
} // end h2
function h3($stuff){
$this->tag("h3", $stuff);
} // end h3
function h4($stuff){
$this->tag("h4", $stuff);
} // end h4
function h5($stuff){
$this->tag("h5", $stuff);
} // end h5
function h6($stuff){
$this->tag("h6", $stuff);
} // end h6
function gBuildList($theArray, $type = "ul"){
//given an array of values, builds a list based on that array
$temp= "<$type> \n";
foreach ($theArray as $value){
$temp .= " <li>$value</li> \n";
} // end foreach
$temp .= "</$type> \n";
return $temp;
} // end gBuildList
function buildList($theArray, $type = "ul"){
$temp = $this->gBuildList($theArray, $type);
$this->addText($temp);
} // end buildList
function gBuildTable($theArray){
//given a 2D array, builds an HTML table based on that array
$table = "<table border = 1> \n";
foreach ($theArray as $row){
$table .= "<tr> \n";
foreach ($row as $cell){
$table .= " <td>$cell</td> \n";
} // end foreach
$table .= "</tr> \n";
} // end foreach
$table .= "</table> \n";
return $table;
} // end gBuildTable
function buildTable($theArray){
$temp = $this->gBuildTable($theArray);
$this->addText($temp);
} // end buildTable
function startTable($border = "1"){
$this->thePage .= "<table border = \"$border\">\n";
} // end startTable
function tRow ($rowData, $rowType = "td"){
//expects an array in rowdata, prints a row of th values
$this->thePage .= "<tr> \n";
foreach ($rowData as $cell){
$this->thePage .= " <$rowType>$cell</$rowType> \n";
} // end foreach
$this->thePage .= "</tr> \n";
} // end thRow
function endTable(){
$this->thePage .= "</table> \n";
} // end endTable
//form elements
function gTextbox($name, $value = ""){
// returns but does not print
// an input type = text element
// used if you want to place form elements in a table
$temp .= <<<HERE
<input type = "text"
name = "$name"
value = "$value" />
HERE;
return $temp;
} // end textBox
function textbox($name, $value = ""){
$this->addText($this->gTextbox($name, $value));
} // end textBox
function gSubmit($value = "Submit Query"){
// returns but does not print
// an input type = submit element
// used if you want to place form elements in a table
$temp .= <<<HERE
<input type = "submit"
value = "$value" />
HERE;
return $temp;
} // end submit
function submit($value = "Submit Query"){
$this->addText($this->gSubmit($value));
} // end submit
function gSelect($name, $listVals){
//given an associative array,
//prints an HTML select object
//Each element has the appropriate
//value and displays the associated name
$temp = "";
$temp .= "<select name = \"$name\" >\n";
foreach ($listVals as $val => $desc){
$temp .= " <option value = \"$val\">$desc</option> \n";
} // end foreach
$temp .= "</select> \n";
return $temp;
} // end gSelect
function select($name, $listVals){
$this->addText($this->gSelect($name, $listVals));
} // end buildSelect
function formResults(){
//returns the names and values of all form elements
//in an HTML table
$this->startTable();
foreach ($_REQUEST as $name => $value){
$this->tRow(array($name,$value));
} // end foreach
$this->endTable();
} // end formResults
} // end class def
?>
