[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_QuickForm-3.2 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_QuickForm-3.2 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * Major changes in this release Refactored form validation using Strategy/Factory/Singleton patterns. Rules are now processed by subclasses of HTML_QuickForm_Rule class, HTML_QuickForm_RuleRegistry manages registering the rules and instantiating the rule classes. Backwards compatibility was completely preserved. (Bertrand Mansion) - Added ability to set a rule on several elements. Added 'compare' rule that compares the values of two form elements to take advantage of this. (Alexey Borzov) - New 'callback' rule and an improved 'email' rule. - Function-based rules can now be used without registering. - Added 2 new examples for built-in and custom rules. (Alexey Borzov) - Javascript validation opportunities were enhanced, validation of groups, radios, checkboxes, selects now works correctly (see also PEAR bug #184) (Alexey Borzov, Hodicska Gergely) * Other additions and changes - Added 'autocomplete' element. (Matteo Di Giovinazzo) - Added possibility to check whether form was actually submitted (see also bug #185). (Alexey Borzov) - QuickForm now correctly handles 'file' elements with [] in name, 'file' elements inside groups. (Alexey Borzov) - 'date' element will display year select in reverse order if 'minYear' > 'maxYear'. (Alexey Borzov) - Added possibility to set increment value for some 'date' element selects. (Alexey Borzov) - Added 'y' format to 'date' element. (Bertrand Mansion) * Migration to 3.2 - Features that were marked deprecated in previous releases are REMOVED - 'emailorblank' rule was REMOVED, use 'email' rule (see also PEAR bug #34) * Bugfixes - Fixed PEAR bug #140 (empty label tags for checkboxes and radios) - Fixed PEAR bug #175 (error in 'date' element's German translation) - Fixed PEAR bug #70 (Flexy renderer didn't handle multiple labels for element) - Fixed PEAR bug #152 (JS function for 'hierselect' element not printed) - ArraySmarty renderer correctly processes groups with '_' in names (Ian Duggan) Package Info ------------- The HTML_QuickForm package provides methods for dynamically create, validate and render HTML forms. Features: * More than 20 ready-to-use form elements. * XHTML compliant generated code. * Numerous mixable and extendable validation rules. * Automatic server-side validation and filtering. * On request javascript code generation for client-side validation. * File uploads support. * Total customization of form rendering. * Support for external template engines (ITX, Sigma, Flexy, Smarty). * Pluggable elements, rules and renderers extensions. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=HTML_QuickForm Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_QuickForm-3.2.tgz Authors ------------- Bertrand Mansion <bmansion@mamasam.com> (lead) Adam Daniel <adaniel2@cinci.rr.com> (lead) Jason Rust <jason@rustyparts.com> (developer) Alexey Borzov (lead) Thomas Schulz <ths@4bconsult.de> (developer) Ron McClain <ron@humaniq.com> (developer)