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List:       php-general
Subject:    [PHP] HTML Form Management
From:       "Hummel, Timo" <timo.hummel () sap ! com>
Date:       2000-08-17 14:50:31
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Hi!

I've been working with PHP for over a year now and I've had the task to
build several form to do update/insert/delete tasks on a database. Altough
the tasks are quite the same, the process to create the forms are always
very different. A more specific example:

We've got a news database. The end user is provided a HTML form to update,
edit and delete news entries in different languages. The thing I've to do is
to create a PHP-Script to display the form, doing actions (like update,
insert, delete). A generic framework would look like this:

<HTML>
<header stuff>

blahblah...

<?php
// Process any actions taken on the form
if ($action=='delete')
{
	// Process delete commands on the database
}

if ($action=='update')
{
	// Add or update to the database
}

// Print out the form and/or display the update/delete/whatever request form

?>
</HTML>


Now I've been looking for a class or method to simplify form processing.
Things that should be included are:

Parameter passing.
It is important that the class or method fits in other environments. For
example, I'm using a php3 script
to dynamically load subdocuments (virtual frames). An example (currently in
german only) can be found
at http://www.elektro-kartell.de. In this example, I have the three
parameters main, menu and location.
These parameters need ALWAYS be passed over, since they control the content
to be shown.

Easier data output.
The constructs "while (x = mysql_fetch_array);" and associated commands to
print out the resulting form
should be simplified somehow. Maybe defining an external HTML template could
help here.

Action handling.
Updating/Inserting/Deleting records should be automatically handled by the
class or method.

If there's no class for this yet, I'd be ready to manage a team who tries to
build such a class.

Thanks
Timo










Timo Hummel				SAP IT Enduser Services

Phone:  +49 (0)6227 764204	EVZ, CU.22
Fax:    +49 (0)6227 774204	Neurottstr. 16
E-Mail: timo.hummel@sap.com	69190 Walldorf / Baden



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