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adamcbrewer on 02/18/11


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HTML Helper

 / Published in: PHP
 

This is a custom HTML helper class based on CakePHP's built-in helper class, designed for constructing neater, well-formatted links.

There are plans to extend this further.

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  1. <?php 
  2.  
  3. /**
  4.  *
  5.  *	HTML helper class for the following:
  6.  * 	
  7.  * 	HTML anchor tags with mailto's
  8.  *
  9.  */
  10.  class HtmlHelper {
  11.  
  12.  	// set the domain for environment
  13.  	var $domain = 'http://test.com/';
  14.  
  15.  	/**
  16.  	 * Generate well-formatted links for scripts, CakePHP style
  17.  	 * 
  18.  	 *
  19.  	 */
  20.  	public function link($name = null, $url = null, $options = array()) {
  21.  
  22.  		// open the links and set the url, accounting for mailto links
  23.  		if (!empty($options) && is_array($options) && array_key_exists('type', $options) && $options['type'] == 'mailto') {
  24.  			$html_link = '<a href=mailto:"'.$url.'"';
  25.  		} else {
  26.  			$html_link = '<a href="'.$this->domain.$url.'"';
  27.  		} 
  28.  
  29.  		// set any other attributes from $options
  30.  		if (!empty($options) && is_array($options)) {
  31.  
  32.  			$accepted_options = array('class', 'title', 'id', 'target', 'rel', 'onClick');
  33.  
  34.  			foreach ($options as $option => $value) {
  35.  
  36.  				// filter for accepted options
  37.  				if (in_array($option, $accepted_options)) {
  38.  
  39.  					// only allow strings
  40.  					if (!is_array($value)) {
  41.  
  42.  						$html_link .= ' '.$option.'="'.$value.'"';
  43.  
  44.  					} 
  45.  
  46.  				}
  47.  
  48.  			}
  49.  
  50.  		}
  51.  
  52.  		// close off the link
  53.  		$html_link .= '>'.$name.'</a>';
  54.  
  55.  		return $html_link;
  56.  
  57.  	}
  58.  
  59.  }
  60.  
  61. // for testing purposes only
  62. // $Html = new HtmlHelper;
  63. // echo $Html->link('test', 'adamcbrewer@gmail.com', array('class'=>'some-class', id'=>'the id', 'title'=>'This is the tile', 'rel'=>'the_rel', 'onClick'=>'alert()'));

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