Using HTML_QuickForm To Manage Web Forms, Part 1 - Conclusion
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Now for a quick round up of the points covered in the article today. I started with a goal to find a package - or a class - that would make my task of generating Web forms easy. After some painstaking research, I came across the HTML_QuickForm PEAR package.
The first example in this article demonstrated how you could create standard <FORM> element using the HTML_QuickForm() object and its addElement() method. The second example went on to explain the concept of a "grouping" of elements - these could either be from a logical perspective or simply because we want to display two <FORM> controls on the same line. Next, I showed you how to implement "server-side" as well as "client-side" validation by defining "rules" for the Web form. Finally, the concluding example showed you how to filter the data submitted by the user and insert it into a MySQL database using the process() method.
In the next part of this tutorial, I will examine some advanced custom HTML_QuickForm elements - these include auto-complete text-boxes, dependent <SELECT> drop down controls, checkboxes that always submit a value and much more. I will also show you how to upload a file to the server using a Web form generated by the HTML_QuickForm package. Finally, it will demonstrate how to use Smarty templates to drive the layout of your Web forms in conjunction with HTML_QuickForm.
Till then, stay healthy.
Note: All examples in this article have been tested on Linux/i586 with Apache 1.3.12, MySQL 3.23 and PHP 4.1.2. Examples are illustrative only, and are not meant for a production environment. YMMV!
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