Re: Prefix function name problem

Le mar 30/03/2004 à 03:16, Alan Knowles a écrit : > I think HTML_Table does something like this. - interesting idea though - The HTML_Table make table easily. My lib make all tags functions ( head(), body(), span().. ) for writing a valid HTML page. > I thought __call() + overload may be a very interesting way to implement > this.. I'm going to see the doc about this. > > it might be interesting to play around adding it to > HTML_Template_Flexy_Element.. yes i think is a better way but only is the functions name are short like "body()" and not "HTML_Tags_body()" or "$x->body()" > > Regards > alan > > > > Guillaume Lecanu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have make a PHP lib to create functions equivalent of HTML tags for > > make "valid" page. > > > > This is the equivalent of mod_cgi in perl. > > > > An example : > > > > table(array (style => 'mytable', width => '80%'). > > tr( > > td(array (width=>'50%'), "Hello"). > > td(array (width=>'50%'), "World") > > ) > > ) > > > > This coding style is very usefull, but i can't propose this lib to PEAR > > because all functions must be prefixed by the name of the package. > > > > > > 1st Solution - Make an object : > > > > $x = new HTML_Tags() > > > > $x->table(array (style => 'mytable', width => '80%'). > > $x->tr( > > $x->td(array (width=>'50%'), "Hello"). > > $x->td(array (width=>'50%'), "World") > > ) > > ) > > > > It's a little more complex and for each function called, the $x instance > > must be add in "global" declaration. > > > > > > 2nd Solution : Prefix function name > > > > By default, all functions are dynamicaly create, so i can prefix them by > > the name of the package (for the PEAR standard) and let the developper > > decide to the prefix string ('', 'html' or by default the name of the > > package). > > > > > > What do you think about theses solutions please ? > > > > > > > > PS: I have heard the PHP 5 would be add the "[]" alias of the array > > instruction : [1,2,3] equivalent to array(1,2,3) > > But i have test the PHP 5 and this doesn't works.. > > Anybody have informations about this ? > > > > > > Thanks > > >