Re: PHP & User Interface

"Galen" <phplist@zinkconsulting.com> wrote in message news:E3693A56-B711-11D8-9DFB-000D932A3B7E@zinkconsulting.com... > I've been working with PHP for a few years now. I like doing the "real" > programming that really does something, but I find I'm wasting a great > deal of time working with UI via HTML. > > Are there any setups (classes, functions, etc) for PHP that drastically > streamline working with the UI? Especially form-related things, it's > really annoying to deal with. Also security is another concern, having > to double check that the contents of the form submit (i.e. menu) are > valid and include what you handed out in the first place can be very > obnoxious! I know I could code something to accelerate this process, > but before I look at doing this (and spend hours upon hours doing it), > I want to check and see that nothing else is already out there. > > Thoughts anybody? Hi Galen, there are several PEAR classes that aid form building, processing and so on. Take a look at the HTML_QuickForm and HTML_QuickForm_Controller classes: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm_Controller There is also a Validate class for checking all types of input values: http://pear.php.net/package/Validate Of course it will take some time to get into it but will save you a lot of time in future projects. Hope this helps! Regards, Torsten Roehr