Re: Form display and processing module?

<sklar@sklar.com> wrote : > I am thinking about building a PHP 5 extension modeled after the PEAR > module HTML_QuickForm. If such an extension could eventually become part > of the PHP distribution it would greatly simplify the basic form > handling tasks that PHP beginners struggle over (preserving default > values, using htmlentities() before redisplaying user input, laying out > form elements, etc.) The perception that HTML_QuickForm is external to > PHP and not always available is a serious barrier to its adoption and use.. > > What are folks thoughts on this? Interested in helping? Think it's > redundant? Have peeves about the HTML_QuickForm API? Turning Quickform into a PHP extension will perhaps improve the performance (not sure) but I think that reproducing its features will take you a long time. Despite the "serious" barrier you are talking about (which I never heard of), Quickform seems to be quite popular as a PHP class. The only barrier someone told me about was related to the fact that it uses PEAR_Error... So I would say that unless you can provide support for custom element classes, custom validation rule objects, custom renderers (Sigma, Smarty, Flexy...), custom filters and a plug & play controller, I am not sure such an extension will be useful, but feel free to do it naturally. Good luck :) Bertrand Mansion Mamasam