Easy way to creates XHTML valid tables

our method is depending on the PHP XHTML table class
This class for PHP 5 easily creates XHTML valid tables with a simple and easy to remember syntax.
Example

$table = new table('border="1"');
$table->caption('People');

$table->part('head');
$table->headers('Name',array('Age'=>'title="in years"'),'Country');

$table->part('body','style="color:Blue;"');

$table->row('');
$table->cells('John',23,'USA');

$table->row('');
$table->cell('Jack');
$table->cell('42');
$table->cell('Mexico');

$table->row('');
$table->cell('Philip J. Fry');
$table->cell('23');
$table->cell('India');

$table->part('foot','style="color:Violet;"');
$table->cell("Total :");
$table->cell(23+42+23);
# empty cell
$table->cell();

# reopen a closed part, and add a row
# won't increment the total, it's only an example
$table->part('body');
$table->row('style="color:Green;"');
$table->cells('Igor',43,'Russia');

echo($table);

PHP:

XHTML Output

<table border="1">
<caption>People</caption>

<thead>
<tr><th>Name</th>
<th title="in years">Age</th>
<th>Country</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tfoot style="color:Violet;">
<tr><td>Total :</td>
<td>88</td>
<td> </td>

</tr>
</tfoot>

<tbody style="color:Blue;">
<tr><td>John</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>USA</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>Jack</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>Mexico</td>

</tr>

<tr><td>Philip J. Fry</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>India</td>
</tr>

<tr style="color:Green;"><td>Igor</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>Russia</td>
</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

Code (markup):

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php-xhtml-table20091206.zip [2.91 KB]
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http://www.jooria.com/downloads/441/php-xhtml-table20091206.zip

Code (markup):

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class.table.php [7.82 KB]

http://www.jooria.com/view/file/441/0

Code (markup):

 

ah.. thanks.

 

Wouldn't it be easier to do:

$row = array("Jack", "Harkness", "42");
$table->addrow($row)

PHP:

? Because then you can do:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `employees` ORDER BY `employeeid` ASC");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$table->addrow($row);
}

PHP:

Just saying.

 

thank you its really helpfull

 

Like codeigniter table helper does

regards ...

 

My point exactly. All this stuff already exists...

 

I do this for some of the scripts that I have. I really like it, since it cleans up main coding, at least I think it does.

 

yes its good for big projects