An extension to the HTML_Form in pear that allows you to return the HTML as a string. Currently, you can only display the entire form, you cannot return the form, looks a lot like the Display() function.

By : superalloy

<?php
include_once("HTML/Form.php");

class My_Form extends HTML_Form {
// {{{ constructor

function My_Form($action, $method = 'get', $name = '', $target = '', $enctype = '')
{
$this->HTML_Form($action,$method, $name, $target, $enctype);
}

// }}}

// {{{ toHTML()

function toHTML()
{
$arrname = 'HTTP_'.strtoupper($this->method).'_VARS';
$arr = &$GLOBALS[$arrname];
$this->start();
$htmlStr = "<table>\n";
reset($this->fields);
$hidden = array();
foreach ($this->fields as $i => $data) {
switch ($data[0]) {
case "hidden":
$hidden[] = $i;
$defind = 0;
continue 2;
case "reset":
$params = 1;
$defind = 0;
break;
case "submit":
case "blank": // new
$params = 2;
$defind = 0;
break;
case "image":
$params = 2;
$defind = 0;
break;
case "checkbox":
$params = 3;
$defind = 2;
break;
case "file": //new
case "text":
$params = 5;
$defind = 3;
break;
case "password":
case "radio":
$params = 4;
$defind = 3;
break;
case "textarea":
$params = 6;
$defind = 3;
break;
case "select":
$params = 8;
$defind = 4;
break;
case "plaintext":
$params = 2;
$defind = 1;
break;
default:
// unknown field type
continue 2;
}
$temp = 'return($this->return'.ucfirst($data[0])."Row(";
for ($i = 1;$i <= $params;$i++) {
if ($i == $defind && $data[$defind] === null && isset($arr[$data[1]])) {
$temp .= "\$arr['$data[1]']";
} else {
$temp .= '$'."data[$i]";
}
if ($i < $params) $temp .= ', ';
}
$temp .= '));';
$test = eval ($temp);
$htmlStr .= $test;

}
$htmlStr .= "</table>\n";
for ($i = 0;$i < sizeof($hidden);$i++) {
$htmlStr .= $this->returnHidden($this->fields[$hidden[$i]][1],
$this->fields[$hidden[$i]][2]);
}
$htmlStr .= $this->returnEnd();
return ($htmlStr);
}
// }}}
}
?>

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