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

On Monday 05 June 2006 13:32, David Robley wrote: > 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 > > For the concept of storage, you might want to look at > > http://www.sitepoint.com/article/hierarchical-data-database > This I had already found. But it's a very basic article, and it's not about how to transform a set of data into a nice looking piece of HTML. It does show some cool trees, but the display_tree function shown just uses indents, like my own. > For a very simple implementation of the idea for display and editing, > > http://www.auseinet.com/test/treeedit.php > > I can provide the code for the above if you want it. > Thanks, but this is more or less what I have. If you can add branches to that, I'd like to hear more. Thank you for your answer, I appreciate it! Niels