DB_DataObject_FormBuilder

pear.php.net 1.0.0RC6 beta LGPL justinpatrin Class to automatically build HTML_QuickForm objects from a DB_DataObject-derived class DB_DataObject_FormBuilder will aid you in rapid application development using the packages DB_DataObject and HTML_QuickForm. For having a quick but working prototype of your application, simply model the database, run DataObject's createTable script over it and write a script that passes one of the resulting objects to the FormBuilder class. The FormBuilder will automatically generate a simple but working HTML_QuickForm object that you can use to test your application. It also provides a processing method that will automatically detect if an insert() or update() command has to be executed after the form has been submitted. If you have set up DataObject's links.ini file correctly, it will also automatically detect if a table field is a foreign key and will populate a selectbox with the linked table's entries. There are many optional parameters that you can place in your DataObjects.ini or in the properties of your derived classes, that you can use to fine-tune the form-generation, gradually turning the prototypes into fully-featured forms, and you can take control at any stage of the process. 2006-12-19 14:44:22 Additions: - Request #8721 CrossLinks now have a tri-state link which can hide all (thanks to peter at niebling dot name) Bugs Fixed: - Form processing will now fail when a reverseLink subForm fails processing - Bug #8105 The "g" formatter is now available in the default date formatter callbacks (thanks to dsanders at baselinesolutions dot com dot au) - Bug #6962 Crosslinks with special chars in their names, such as postgres tables, are processed again Changes: - The internal ElementTable QuickForm element is no longer used in favor of HTML_QuickForm_ElementGrid - package.xml 2.0 is now used exclusively, you must have PEAR 1.4.4 or greater installed to install DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - This package is now licensed under the LGPL 68001 http://pear.php.net/get/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder-1.0.0RC6