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Easily create html elements using PHP

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  1. <?php
  2. /**
  3. * Create an element
  4. */
  5. class Element 
  6. {
  7. 	private $type;
  8. 	private $unaryTagArray = array('input', 'img', 'hr', 'br', 'meta', 'link');
  9. 	private $attributeArray;
  10. 	private $innerHtml;
  11.  
  12. 	/**
  13. 	* Constructor
  14. 	*
  15. 	* @param <type> $type
  16. 	* @param <type> $attributeArray
  17. 	* @param <type> $unaryTagArray
  18. 	*/
  19. 	public function __construct($type, $attributeArray = array()) 
  20. 	{
  21. 		$this->type = strtolower($type);
  22. 		foreach($attributeArray as $attribute => $value) {
  23. 			$this->setAttribute($attribute, $value);
  24. 		}
  25. 		return $this;
  26. 	}
  27.  
  28. 	/**
  29. 	* Get one of the element's attributes
  30. 	*
  31. 	* @param <type> $attribute
  32. 	* @return <type>
  33. 	*/
  34. 	public function getAttribute($attribute) 
  35. 	{
  36. 		return $this->attributeArray[$attribute];
  37. 	}
  38.  
  39. 	/**
  40. 	* Set an array, can pass an array or a key, value combination
  41. 	*
  42. 	* @param <type> $attribute
  43. 	* @param <type> $value
  44. 	*/
  45. 	function setAttribute($attribute, $value = "") 
  46. 	{
  47. 		if(!is_array($attribute)) {
  48. 			$this->attributeArray[$attribute] = $value;
  49. 		}
  50. 		else {
  51. 			$this->attributeArray = array_merge($this->attributeArray, $attribute);
  52. 		}
  53. 		return $this;
  54. 	}
  55.  
  56. 	/**
  57. 	* Remove an attribute from an element
  58. 	*
  59. 	* @param <type> $attribute
  60. 	*/
  61. 	function removeAttribute($attribute) 
  62. 	{
  63. 		if(isset($this->attributeArray[$attribute])) {
  64. 			unset($this->attributeArray[$attribute]);
  65. 		}
  66. 		return $this;
  67. 	}
  68.  
  69. 	/**
  70. 	* Clear all of the element's attributes
  71. 	*/
  72. 	function clearAttributes() {
  73. 		$this->attributeArray = array();
  74. 		return $this;
  75. 	}
  76.  
  77. 	/**
  78. 	* Insert an element into the current element
  79. 	*
  80. 	* @param <type> $object
  81. 	*/
  82. 	function insert($object) 
  83. 	{
  84. 		if(@get_class($object) == __class__) {
  85. 			$this->innerHtml .= $object->build();
  86. 		}
  87. 		return $this;
  88. 	}
  89.  
  90. 	/**
  91. 	* Set the innerHtml of an element
  92. 	*
  93. 	* @param <type> $object
  94. 	* @return <type>
  95. 	*/
  96. 	function update($object) 
  97. 	{
  98. 		$this->innerHtml = $object;
  99. 		return $this;
  100. 	}
  101.  
  102. 	/**
  103. 	* Builds the element
  104. 	*
  105. 	* @return <type>
  106. 	*/
  107. 	function build() 
  108. 	{
  109. 		// Start the tag
  110. 		$element = "<".$this->type;
  111. 		// Add attributes
  112. 		if(count($this->attributeArray)) {
  113. 			foreach($this->attributeArray as $key => $value) {
  114. 				$element .= " ".$key."=\"".$value."\"";
  115. 			}
  116. 		}
  117. 		// Close the element
  118. 		if(!in_array($this->type, $this->unaryTagArray)) {
  119. 			$element.= ">\n".$this->innerHtml."\n</".$this->type.">\n";
  120. 		}
  121. 		else {
  122. 			$element.= " />\n";
  123. 		}
  124. 		return $element;
  125. 	}
  126.  
  127. 	/**
  128. 	* Echoes out the element
  129. 	*
  130. 	* @return <type>
  131. 	*/
  132. 	function __toString() 
  133. 	{
  134. 		return $this->build();
  135. 	}
  136. }

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