StructureFiles

A common interface for Section structure files and wrappers for downloading and printing in browser.

Section structure

section name, optional
section head, optional
section body, required

Section type

key value (kv)

key1 value1
key2 value2

Table (tsv)

field1 field2 field3
value1 value2 value3
value4 value5 value6

Raw two dimension array

Examples

$name = 'name1';
// body [['field1'=>'', 'field2'=>'', ...], ...]
$data = [['f1'=>'v1', 'f2'=>'v2'], ['f1'=>'v3', 'f2'=>'v4']];
// head [['title'=>'', 'field'=>'', 'type'=>''], ...]
$head = [['title'=>'t1', 'field'=>'f1', 'type'=>'string'], ['title'=>'t2', 'field'=>'f2', 'type'=>'int']];
// rule
$rules = [];
$s = new Section(Section::KV_SECTION, $name, $data, $head, $rules);
// SectionFile is a list of Section
$sf = new SectionFile([$s1]);

Rules

showHead: bool, default true
showName: bool, default true
null: string, default '-', string to show if value is null
skip: array, default [], skip fields
prefix: string, default '', prefix added before each line
postfix: string, default '', postfix added after each line
del: string, default '\t', delimiter between each fields

Use SectionFile class to create txt file or excel file

$txt1 = TxtFile::createFromSection($sf);
$excel1 = ExcelFile::createFromSection($sf);
// Download in browser
$excel1->download();
// Print to browser if supported
$txt1->printContent();