HTML Form element class

author Timo A. Hummel

 Methods

Direct call of object as string will return it's generated markup.

__toString() : string
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::__toString()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::__toString()

Returns

stringGenerated markup

_setContent: Sets the content of the object

_setContent($content) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::_setContent()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::_setContent()

Parameters

$content

string/object String with the content or an object to render.

addRequiredScript()

addRequiredScript($script) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::addRequiredScript()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::addRequiredScript()

Parameters

$script

advances to the next ID available in the system.

advanceID() 
Inherited

This function is useful if you need to use HTML elements in a loop, but don't want to re-create new objects each time.

inherited_from \cHTML::advanceID()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::advanceID()

attachEventDefinition: Attaches the code for an event

attachEventDefinition($sName, $sEvent, $sCode) 
Inherited

Example to attach an onClick handler: setEventDefinition("foo", "onClick", "alert('foo');");

inherited_from \cHTML::attachEventDefinition()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::attachEventDefinition()

Parameters

$sName

string defines the name of the event

$sEvent

string defines the event (e.g. onClick)

$sCode

string defines the code

attachStyleDefinition: Attaches a style definition.

attachStyleDefinition($sName, $sDefinition) : string
Inherited

This function is not restricted to a single style, e.g. you can set multiple style definitions as-is to the handler.

$example->attachStyle("myIdentifier", "border: 1px solid black; white-space: nowrap"); $example->attachStyle("myIdentifier2", "padding: 0px");

Results in:

style="border: 1px solid black; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px;"

inherited_from \cHTML::attachStyleDefinition()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::attachStyleDefinition()

Parameters

$sName

string Name for a style definition

$sDefinition

string Definition for the given entity

Returns

stringfilled SGML closing skeleton

Constructor Function Initializes the SGML open/close tags

cHTML() 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::cHTML()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::cHTML()

Constructor.

cHTMLFormElement($name, $id, $disabled, $tabindex, $accesskey) : \none
Inherited

This is a generic form element, where specific elements should be inherited from this class.

inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::cHTMLFormElement()

Parameters

$name

string Name of the element

$id

string ID of the element

$disabled

string Item disabled flag (non-empty to set disabled)

$tabindex

string Tab index for form elements

$accesskey

string Key to access the field

Returns

\none

Constructor.

cHTMLTextarea($name, $initvalue, $width, $height, $id, $disabled, $tabindex, $accesskey) : \none

Creates an HTML text area.

If no additional parameters are specified, the default width is 60 chars, and the height is 5 chars.

Parameters

$name

string Name of the element

$initvalue

string Initial value of the textarea

$width

int width of the textarea

$height

int height of the textarea

$id

string ID of the element

$disabled

string Item disabled flag (non-empty to set disabled)

$tabindex

string Tab index for form elements

$accesskey

string Key to access the field

Returns

\none

fillCloseSkeleton: Fills the close skeleton

fillCloseSkeleton() : string
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::fillCloseSkeleton()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::fillCloseSkeleton()

Returns

stringfilled SGML closer skeleton

fillSkeleton: Fills the open SGML tag skeleton

fillSkeleton($attributes) : string
Inherited

fillSkeleton fills the SGML opener tag with the specified attributes. Attributes need to be passed in the stringyfied variant.

inherited_from \cHTML::fillSkeleton()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::fillSkeleton()

Parameters

$attributes

string Attributes to set

Returns

stringfilled SGML opener skeleton

getID: returns the current ID

getID() : string
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::getID()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::getID()

Returns

stringcurrent ID

render(): Alias for toHtml

render() : string
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::render()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::render()

Returns

stringRendered HTML

sets the access key for this element.

setAccessKey($accesskey) : \none
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setAccessKey()

Parameters

$accesskey

string The length of the access key. May be A-Z and 0-9.

Returns

\none

setAlt: sets the alt and title attributes

setAlt($alt) 
Inherited

Sets the "alt" and "title" tags. Usually, "alt" is used for accessibility and "title" for mouse overs.

To set the text for all browsers for mouse over, set "alt" and "title". IE behaves incorrectly and shows "alt" on mouse over. Mozilla browsers only show "title" as mouse over.

inherited_from \cHTML::setAlt()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setAlt()

Parameters

$alt

string Text to set as the "alt" attribute

setAttribte: Sets a specific attribute

setAttribute($sAttributeName, $sValue) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setAttribute()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setAttribute()

Parameters

$sAttributeName

string Name of the attribute

$sValue

string Value of the attribute

sets the CSS class

setClass($class) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setClass()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setClass()

Parameters

$class

string Text to set as the "alt" attribute

setContentlessTag()

setContentlessTag($contentlessTag) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setContentlessTag()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setContentlessTag()

Parameters

$contentlessTag

Sets the "disabled" attribute of an element.

setDisabled($disabled) : \none
Inherited

User Agents usually are showing the element as "greyed-out".

Example: $obj->setDisabled("disabled"); $obj->setDisabled("");

The first example sets the disabled flag, the second one removes the disabled flag.

inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setDisabled()

Parameters

$disabled

string Sets the disabled-flag if non-empty

Returns

\none

adds an "onXXX" javascript event handler

setEvent($event, $action) 
Inherited

example: $item->setEvent("change","document.forms[0].submit");

inherited_from \cHTML::setEvent()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setEvent()

Parameters

$event

string Type of the event

$action

string Function or action to call (JavaScript Code)

Setter for static $_generateXHTML property

setGenerateXHTML(bool $value) 
InheritedStatic
inherited_from \cHTML::setGenerateXHTML()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setGenerateXHTML()

Parameters

$value

bool

sets the maximum input length of the text box.

setHeight($height) : \none

Parameters

$height

Returns

\none

sets the ID class

setID($id) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setID()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setID()

Parameters

$id

sets the CSS style

setStyle($style) 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setStyle()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setStyle()

Parameters

$style

addStyleDefinition

setStyleDefinition($entity, $definition) : string
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::setStyleDefinition()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setStyleDefinition()

Parameters

$entity

string Entity to define

$definition

string Definition for the given entity

Returns

stringfilled SGML closing skeleton

sets the tab index for this element.

setTabindex($tabindex) : \none
Inherited

The tab index needs to be numeric, bigger than 0 and smaller than 32767.

inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::setTabindex()

Parameters

$tabindex

int desired tab index

Returns

\none

sets the initial value of the text box.

setValue($value) : \none

Parameters

$value

string Initial value

Returns

\none

sets the width of the text box.

setWidth($width) : \none

Parameters

$width

int width of the text box

Returns

\none

Renders the output If the tag

toHTML() 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::toHTML()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::toHTML()

Renders the textbox

toHtml() : string

Returns

stringRendered HTML

removes an event handler

unsetEvent($event) 
Inherited

example: $item->unsetEvent("change");

inherited_from \cHTML::unsetEvent()
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::unsetEvent()

Parameters

$event

string Type of the event

 Properties

 

$_aEventDefinitions 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_aEventDefinitions
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_aEventDefinitions
 

$_aStyleDefinitions 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_aStyleDefinitions
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_aStyleDefinitions
 

$_content 
Inherited
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_content
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_content
 

$_contentlessTag : boolean
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_contentlessTag
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_contentlessTag
 

$_requiredScripts : array
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_requiredScripts
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_requiredScripts
 

$_skeleton_close : string
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_skeleton_close
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_skeleton_close
 

$_skeleton_open : string
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_skeleton_open
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_skeleton_open
 

$_skeleton_single : string
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_skeleton_single
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_skeleton_single
 

$_styledefs : string
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_styledefs
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_styledefs
 

$_tag : string
Inherited
access private
inherited_from \cHTML::$$_tag
inherited_from \cHTMLFormElement::$$_tag
 

$_value