Re: DB_MetaReport - Metadata reporting libraries for PEAR

Doh, try this one. Prolly work better for ya. :) http://www.opensourcecable.org/DB_MetaReport/DB_MetaReport-doc/HTMLSmartyConverter/PHP/ 'njoy, Mark --- Mark Cotner <mcotner@yahoo.com> wrote: > It should work now, something's wrong with that > template in phpdoc I suppose. Here's the link for > convenience. > > http://localhost/DB_MetaReport-doc/HTMLSmartyConverter/PHP/ > > 'njoy, > Mark > --- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> wrote: > > > Can you post a url for the source? .phps etc. - > the > > links to the source > > in your phpdoc view are broken. > > > > Regards > > Alan > > > > > > > > Mark Cotner wrote: > > > > >Please do bear in mind that, in order of > priority, > > >ease of use, performance, and being lightweight > > were > > >the fundamental goals. I also tried to limit > > >dependencies to make installation easier. When I > > >reviewed packages for use like HTML_Table and > Pager > > it > > >seemed much faster/easier to output my own > instead > > of > > >including a fairly large toolkit. Eventually I > can > > >make them optional and only include if specified > by > > >the user. > > > > > >Thank you for the very thorough feedback. > > > > > >'njoy, > > >Mark > > > > > >--- Bertrand Mansion <bmansion@mamasam.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Mark Cotner wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Hi all, > > >>>I was hoping to get some early feedback for a > > draft > > >>>library I just posted to PEAR. > > >>> > > >>>I know some of the variable names don't conform > > to > > >>> > > >>> > > >>CS > > >> > > >> > > >>>just yet, but I'm working on that. > > >>> > > >>>Here's some background: > > >>>This is a rewrite of the reporting libraries > that > > >>>helped us win runner up for MySQL application > of > > >>> > > >>> > > >>the > > >> > > >> > > >>>year this year(2004) for submission into PEAR. > We > > >>> > > >>> > > >>came > > >> > > >> > > >>>in second behind Saabre's airline reservation > > >>> > > >>> > > >>system. > > >> > > >> > > >>>If you're gonna lose, might as well lose to > > someone > > >>>like Saabre right? The rewrite should make them > > >>> > > >>> > > >>easier > > >> > > >> > > >>>to use and we hope this PHP community can > benefit > > >>> > > >>> > > >>from > > >> > > >> > > >>>this work. Metadata reporting systems are > nothing > > >>> > > >>> > > >>new, > > >> > > >> > > >>>but generally they are reserved for commercial > > >>>applications. This should represent a > significant > > >>>improvement for PEAR/PHP for data warehousing > and > > >>>reporting applications. Feedback is welcome. > > Please > > >>>send feedback/comments to me at > > mcotner@yahoo.com. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>This looks lighter than Structure_Datagrid which > > >>might not be a bad thing but > > >>there is IMO a lot to do in order to make it > > clean. > > >> > > >>But you should be using HTML_Table for your > table > > >>generation. Give access to the > > >>table (->&getTable()). > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Not sure why. Been creating tables a loong time, > > not > > >so difficult I need a library to do so. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Use CSS and class, not <font>, in your HTML. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I'll make it a property so that the user can > > specify > > >tags they prefer. That way they can better match > > >existing site CSS if they like. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Use strpos, not eregi. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Guessing you mean stripos . . . good feedback, > > willdo. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Use str_replace, not ereg_replace. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Again, good feedback. Willdo. > > > > > > > > > > > >>If you generate HTML, make it XHTML (use quotes > in > > >>img tag, end the img tag with > > >>/> ). > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Doh, missed that. Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Do not redefine PEAR_Log constants. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Again, good feedback. I use PEAR::Log quite a > bit > > for > > >other things, but didn't want to include it just > > for > > >the constants. Had intended to search and > replace > > >with my own later and hadn't done it yet. Again, > > good > > >feedback . . . willdo. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Use a Pager package for your pager. Give access > to > === message truncated ===