RE: [PEAR-DEV] HTML Controls

> This was our goal too. > With Adam Daniel, we were thinking about such an API. I think > this is doable > within HTML_QuickForm but it will require some modifications. OK. How would you feel about automatic state maintenance though? i.e: $txtName = new text("txtName"); ..at which point $txtName->getValue() already contains any matching value in G, P or C, and that value is automatically inserted when you call $txtName->toHTML(); Does this sound like something that is generally a good default behaviour? Or can you envisage people not liking it? Also, what is the historical difference between HTML_QuickForm and HTML_OOH_Form? It seems as though the latter is newer, but covers a lot of common ground with the former. I have to say that your project seems very cool (the templates stuff sounds excellent), but I think that I have different priorities. I guess you could sum up my intentions as 'providing a php version of the ASP.NET webcontrols'. This might not sound very different on the surface, but there are many subtle differences such as naming conventions. My api doesn't distinguish between 'input type="text"' and 'textarea', but instead there is a 'TextBox' class with a 'TextMode' property that you can set to 'MultiLine'. By sticking to these conventions, people familiar with ASP.NET will feel right at home with my controls. Obviously my stuff wont be quite as large and complex as ASP.NET, but you get the idea. So you can see why I fear that my project isn't exactly compatible with the existing code, - even if the reasoning is quite selfish. This therefore raises the question - Would people be OK with another HTML control style package that aimed to provide an API similar to that of ASP.NET, and was independent of the existing packages? Would this just cause too much confusion for PEAR users, or is extra choice welcome? The list of controls available would be: Button CheckBox CheckBoxList HyperLink Image Label ListBox ListControl ListItem ListItemCollection RadioButton RadioButtonList TextBox If the response is generally enthusiastic, then I will make a point to use the PEAR conventions with a view to submitting it once it is pretty much there. If not, I'll keep out of your way and let (or perhaps even help) you guys carry on with your valuable projects. Cheers. James Hurst. mailto:james@projects.new-media.co.uk // "Better lives have been lived in the margins, // locked in the prisons and lost on the gallows than // have ever been enshrined in palaces." - Propagandhi 2001