Re: HTML_Div Announcement

Hi Mike, Could we see the source? Klaus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Estes" <mike@nu-designs.com> To: <pear-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] HTML_Div Announcement > That is understandable. Div tags are not difficult to write. Why would I > need a class? > > The reason I created the class is because I moved from doing page layouts > with tables to doing layouts with divs. I liked the OO approach that was > possible when developing with the HTML_Table package and wished for a div > class with the same standard attribute setting and nested element tracking. > Also, it came to the point where I was hand-coding a whole lotta of divs > (repetetive work), so the next logical step is to put the div coding work > into a function. Then when I was developing reusable components using divs I > found that it would be nice to make the components have a base class to > extend from that managed the div coding details so I can focus on my > component specifics. > > A logical progression I think. So basically if you use a lot of divs (some > do, some don't) it cuts down on the need for repetitive coding. If you were > to use HTML_Page it seems messier to create an html string variable for each > div and then each variable to the page content than to just have a div > object than you can easy add content to and then plug into HTML_Page. I > guess I'm just a stickler for that kinda thing so it may be that this > component appears more useful to me than it would for others.It is small and > can seem insignificant, but used effectively it can cut down on repetitive > work and make code that generates html output more readable to fellow > coders. > > Hope I didn't make my idea seem more foggy while trying to make it more > clear :) > --Mike