Re: How do I make a HTML tree for a set of nodes?

At 3:03 PM +0200 6/4/06, Niels wrote: >On Sunday 04 June 2006 14:58, tedd wrote: > >> At 2:07 PM +0200 6/4/06, Niels wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>> >>>I have a set of nodes. Each node has a parent and so the set can be >>>thought of as a tree. I want to show that tree somehow on a webpage, >>>served by PHP. I cannot use Dot/Graphwiz for various reasons. What I'm >>>looking for is an output of DIVs or tablecells, showing the nodes and >>>their connections. It's not a trivial task, IMO, but doable. Possibly >>>somebody has already made something similiar, but I can't find anything on >>>Google. Can anybody point me to helpful information? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Niels >> >> >> What, a binary-tree or linked-list sort of thing? >> >> tedd > >Not binary -- a node can have several children. Each node has an id and a >parentId. The actual structure isn't important and can easily be objects, >arrays-of-arrays or whatever is handy. > >//Niels You can dynamically generate a table and place text (and/or color) the cells that are nodes -- that would be my approach. You would need to know the width and depth of the tree and then just fill in the cells that are nodes. hth's tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com