[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_QuickForm-3.0Beta1 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_QuickForm-3.0Beta1 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * Major changes in this release - Renderers QuickForm now uses external renderers to output the form. Currently available renderers are: Default - based on old toHtml() code, Array - based on old toArray() code, ITStatic and ITDynamic - these work through an ITX/Sigma template engine. More renderers are expected to follow. - Validation Validation rules are tested in the order they are set. Groups can now be validated with custom functions. File validation only happens if a file is required. It is also tested if the file has been uploaded. - Static elements Headers and Data (html) elements are treated like other form elements. Headers can have a name, this makes it possible to use different templates for different headers. - XHTML HTML_Common and QuickForm have been reworked to be more XHTML compliant. * Migration to 3.0 Incompatibilities: - Filters registration is not used anymore. Just give applyFilter() the function name as a parameter. - toArray() now returns a different structure and calls an external renderer: elements in groups are rendered as seperate elements, every element has a numeric index for key. - Validation rules are validated in the order they were set. - File validation happens only when the file is required. - Direct calls to onQuickFormEvent() with 'setDefault' and 'setConstant' events won't work anymore, these events have been replaced by an 'updateValue' event. - Grouped elements index is now a numeric key only. This can break some group rules if you used their associative key in addGroupRule(). - Groups must have a name. If you don't want the name to be appended to the elements names, set the appendName parameter to false. Deprecated features: - addHeader() and addData(), while still there, are deprecated. Use addElement('header') and addElement('html'). - If you want to customize form output, do so by using a renderer object. setElementTemplate() and the like are now deprecated. * Changes - Added support for external renderers, added a default and an array renderer based on old QuickForm code (Alexey Borzov) - Added a dynamic ITX/Sigma renderer with examples (Alexey Borzov) - Added a static ITX/Sigma renderer with examples (Bertrand Mansion) - Added possibility to validate a group with a function using addRule() (Bertrand Mansion) - Added possibility to validate groups when appendName is false (Bertrand Mansion) - Rules are validated in the order they are set (Bertrand Mansion) - Fixed problems when validating a file not uploaded (Frederic Poeydomenge, Bertrand Mansion) - addHeader() and addData() now call addElement(), added new 'header' and 'html' elements (Alexey Borzov) - Got rid of registering filters, now only function existence is checked. First parameter to applyFilter can be an array (Alexey Borzov) - Automatically generate a name for group element when no name given. Added possibility to append the group name or not to grouped elements (Alexey Borzov) - process() now accepts a callback function to process the form (Bertrand Mansion) - Added XHTML compliant labels in radio and checkboxes (Alexey Borzov, Alexander Radivanovich) - XHTML for form tag (Bertrand Mansion) - Elements values are now set through a uniform 'updateValue' event (Alexey Borzov) - Elements with value 0 are not considered empty when validating (Bertrand Mansion) - Fix warning with uploaded files (Frederic Poeydomenge) - Changed _findElementValue to work with appendName (Bertrand Mansion) - Added Polish date names in date element (Robert Janeczek) - Added Hungarian date names in date element (Kovacs Gergely) - Added Russian date names in date element (Alexey Borzov) - Optimized select element addOption() and toHtml() methods (Alexey Borzov) - Added method getElementName() in group element (Bertrand Mansion) - Fix bug when setting attributes in date element (Bertrand Mansion) - Removed method display(), exists in parent class (Bertrand Mansion) Package Info ------------- The PEAR::HTML_QuickForm package provides methods for creating, validating, processing HTML forms. Features: * Creates xHTML compliant form elements of various type. * Allows you to choose an unlimited number of html attributes. * Allows you to create your own custom elements using your own classes. * Process form values (you should override the process method). * Creates javascript validation code using regular expression. * Server-side validation too. * Allows you to create your own validation rules. * Manages file uploads. * Allows you to freeze some elements in your form. * Allows you to customize the look of your form in many ways. * Template-like form elements customization... Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?package=HTML_QuickForm Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=HTML_QuickForm Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_QuickForm-3.0Beta1.tgz Authors ------------- Bertrand Mansion <bmansion@mamasam.com> (lead) Adam Daniel <adaniel2@cinci.rr.com> (lead) Jason Rust <jason@rustyparts.com> (developer) Alexey Borzov (developer)