Automatic-generation-of-HTML-code-for-a-table-OO-interface


            Can define colspan, rowspan, table style, cell style, and data style
 
 
Table 
 
 
 
class html_table { 
 var $cols = 0; 
 var $rows = 0; 
 var $cell = array(); 
 var $html = ''; 
 var $cell_content = ' '; //default cell content. 
 var $content_style = ''; //default content style. content is surrounded by  tag. 
 var $cell_style = ''; //default cell style 
0 var $table_style = ''; //default table style. 
function cell_init() { 
 return array( 
 'content'=>$this->cell_content, // data to be inserted between  tags. 
 'style'=>$this->content_style, // if this is defined and not empty then "content" (defined above) 
 // is encapsulated by a  tag. 
 'cell_style'=>$this->cell_style); // if this is defined and not empty then the  tag that encapsulates 
 // "content" has its "$cell_style" replaced by this variable. 
} 
function init($parameters) { 
 if (isset($parameters['cols'])) $this->cols = $parameters['cols']; 
 if (isset($parameters['rows']))$this->rows = $parameters['rows']; 
 for ($row = 1; $row <= $this->rows; $row++) { 
 for ($col = 1; $col <= $this->cols; $col++) { 
 $this->cell[$row][$col] = $this->cell_init(); 
 } 
 } 
} 
function add_rows($num_rows) { 
 for ($row = 1; $row <= $num_rows; $row++) { 
 for ($col = 1; $col <= $this->cols; $col++) { 
 $this->cell[$row + $this->rows][$col] = $this->cell_init(); 
 } 
 } 
 $this->rows += $num_rows; 
} 
function add_cols($num_cols) { 
 for ($row = 1; $row <= $this->rows; $row++) { 
 for ($col = 1; $col <= $num_cols; $col++) { 
 $this->cell[$row][$col+$this->cols] = $this->cell_init(); 
 } 
 } 
 $this->cols += $num_cols; 
} 
function code() { 
 if (!empty($this->html)) return 1; 
 $this->html = 'table_style.'>'."\n"; 
 for ($row = 1; $row <= $this->rows; $row++) { 
 $this->html .= ''."\n"; 
 for ($col = 1; $col <= $this->cols; $col++) { 
 $extra = ''; 
 //check if "colspan" defined. if so then hide cells that get merged. 
 if (isset($this->cell[$row][$col]['colspan'])) { 
 $extra .= 'COLSPAN="'.$this->cell[$row][$col]['colspan'].'"'; 
 for ($hidden_col = 1; $hidden_col < $this->cell[$row][$col]['colspan']; $hidden_col++) { 
 $this->cell[$row][$col+$hidden_col]["hide"] = true; 
 //check if "rowspan" defined. if so then propogate "colspan" into merged rows. 
 if (isset($this->cell[$row][$col]["rowspan"])) { 
 for ($hidden_row = 1; $hidden_row < $this->cell[$row][$col]['rowspan']; $hidden_row++) { 
 $this->cell[$row+$hidden_row][$col]["colspan"] = $this->cell[$row][$col]['colspan']; 
 } 
 } 
 } 
 } 
 //check if "rowspan" defined. if so then hide cells that get merged. 
 if (isset($this->cell[$row][$col]["rowspan"])) { 
 $extra .= 'ROWSPAN="'.$this->cell[$row][$col]['rowspan'].'"'; 
 for ($hidden_row = 1; $hidden_row < $this->cell[$row][$col]['rowspan']; $hidden_row++) { 
 $this->cell[$row+$hidden_row][$col]["hide"] = true; 
 } 
 } 
 // code to draw cell html... 
 if (isset($this->cell[$row][$col]['hide'])) continue; // if hide then skip this cell. 
 // otherwise draw cell with style... 
 if (!empty($this->cell[$row][$col]['cell_style'])) 
 $this->html .= ''."\n"; 
 } 
 $this->html .= ''."\n"; 
 } 
 $this->html .= 'cell[$row][$col]['cell_style'].' '.$extra.'>'; 
 else 
 $this->html .= ' cell_style.' '.$extra.'>'; 
 // draw content of cell with style... 
 if (!empty($this->cell[$row][$col]['style'])) $this->html .= ''; 
 else if (!empty($this->content_style)) $this->html .= ''; 
 $this->html .= $this->cell[$row][$col]['content']; 
 if (!empty($this->cell[$row][$col]['style']) or !empty($this->content_style)) $this->html .= ''; 
 $this->html .= '
'."\n"; 
} 
function display() { 
 print $this->html; 
} 
} 
/* 
 example below... 
*/ 
$data = new html_table; 
// define table size. 
$data->init(array("cols"=>3, "rows"=>"3")); 
// default styles. 
$data->table_style = 'BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2"'; 
$data->cell_style = 'WIDTH="100" ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="white"'; 
$data->content_style = 'font: bold 9pt monospace;'; 
// define table content. 
$data->cell[1][1]["content"]="apple"; 
$data->cell[2][2]["content"]="orange"; 
$data->cell[2][3]["content"]="pear"; 
$data->cell[3][1]["content"]="plum"; 
$data->cell[2][1]["content"]="grape"; 
$data->cell[1][1]["colspan"]=3; 
$data->cell[2][3]["rowspan"]=2; 
$data->cell[3][1]["colspan"]=2; 
// define fancy styles for individual cells. 
$data->cell[2][2]["style"] ='font: 18pt monospace;'; 
$data->cell[2][3]["style"] ='background: red'; 
$data->cell[1][1]["style"] ='color: red; font: italic 18pt sans-serif;'; 
$data->cell[3][1]["style"] ='color: white; font: bold 18pt serif;'; 
$data->cell[1][1]["cell_style"] = 'CLASS="header"'; 
$data->cell[3][1]["cell_style"] = 'ALIGN="right" bgcolor="blue"'; 
// code and display. 
$data->code(); 
$data->display(); 
?>
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