Re: [PHP] peer review (was php framework vs just php?)

Jay Blanchard wrote:
> I did a quick and dirty of just one of those functions. This function
> takes a table and creates a form based on the table. It needs quite a
> bit of refining, but I am willing to share and let you guys and gals
> throw suggestions;

I use a very similar style of approach, but it's more on a field by 
field basis rather than a whole form.  I also wrote mine on company 
time, so here's an example:

<?php $table = 'customers'; ?>
<form id='search' name='search' action='' method='post'>
         <table align='center'>
             <tr>
                 <td align='right'><?php echo UI::getFieldLabel($table, 
'first_name'); ?></td>
                 <td colspan='3'><?php echo 
UI::getBlankTextField($table, 'first_name'); ?></td>
             </tr>
	    <tr>
                 <td align='right'><?php echo UI::getFieldLabel($table, 
'city'); ?></td>
                 <td><?php echo UI::getBlankTextField($table, 'city'); 
?></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td align='right'><?php echo UI::getFieldLabel($table, 
'state'); ?></td>
                 <td><?php echo UI::getBlankSelectField($table, 
'state'); ?></td>
                 <td align='right'><?php echo UI::getFieldLabel($table, 
'zip'); ?></td>
                 <td><?php echo UI::getBlankTextField($table, 'zip'); 
?></td>
             </tr>
	</table>
</form>

The UI class figures out the max-length of the field, and there are also 
configurations to determine what type of field it is (text, phone, date, 
textarea, etc.) and security settings based on the user logged in.  This 
has helped keep my template files very clean, and I still have full 
control over the form by not including the fields I don't want.

-- 
Ray Hauge
www.primateapplications.com