thybag/formz

A Simple Stand-alone PHP Form Helper

FormZ

A Simple Stand-alone PHP Form Helper, _(*1)

Installtion

FormZ can be installed via composer using:, _(*2)

composer require thybag/formz:dev-master

Once composer has installed the library, simply include the standard composer autoloader in to your code., _(*3)

require 'vendor/autoload.php'

Usage Examples

// Make Form refers to formz/Form
use formz\Form;

//Open form
Form::open("/somthing")->attributes(array("class"=>"test"))->render(true);

// Create a required text field with default value of "bob"**
Form::text("name")
    ->attributes(array('required'=>'required'))
    ->defaultValue("Bob")
    ->render(true);

// Select box with list of cows, css class cow_selector 
// and default selection of Dexter**
Form::select("cow")
    ->options(array(
        'A' => 'Angus',
        'D' => 'Dexter',
        'J' => 'Jersey',
        'H' => 'Holstein'
    ))
    ->attributes(array('class'=> 'cow_selector'))
    ->defaultValue('D')
    ->render(true);

Form::close()->render(true);

You can have the form automatically populated from post data by calling the following before the form methods, _(*4)

Form::populate($_POST);