HNode

A PHP class to build HTML/XML snipets with chain syntax (like JQuery) in order to modularize and simplify the code.

it better works with PHP>=5.3

constructor syntax is:

new HN([tagname:string], [child], [child], [child],...)

create a div with a text

$div=new HN();//default tag is a div
echo $div->add("hello");//add() allows you to add other children nodes or text
//<div>hello</div>

alternatively:

$div=new HN(null,"hello");
echo $div;
//<div>hello</div>

or adding child later:

$div=new HN();
echo $div->add("hello");
//<div>hello</div>

create a span with attributes

$div=new HN("span","hey");
$div->attr(array("id"=>"test","class"=>"testclass"));
echo $div;
//<span id="test" class="testclass">hey</span>

create a div with attributes with two children span

$div=new HN("div",new HN("span","hello"),new HN("span","world"));
$div->attr(array("id"=>"test","class"=>"testclass"));
echo $div;
//<div id="test" class="testclass">
//<span>hello</span>
//<span>world</span>
//</div>

equivalent with fast syntax with ::create static function

echo HN::create("div", HN::create("span","hello"),HN::create("span","world"))->attr(array("id"=>"test","class"=>"testclass"));
//<div id="test" class="testclass">
//<span>hello</span>
//<span>world</span>
//</div>

you can print directly with go()

HN::create("div",HN::create("span","hello"),HN::create("span","world"))->attr(array("id"=>"test","class"=>"testclass"))->go();
//<div id="test" class="testclass">
//<span>hello</span>
//<span>world</span>
//</div>

OOP with HNode: you can extend it in order to create your components

class MyBox extends HN
{
    public function __construct($name,$surname) {
        parent::__construct("div");
        $this->add(HN::create("span","Name : ".$name));
        $this->add(HN::create("span","Surname : ".$surname));
    }
}

then let's use it

$box=new MyBox("John","Doe");
echo $box;
//<div>
//<span>Name : John</span>
//<span>Surname : Doe</span>
//</div>

or in this way (PHP 5.3 required)

MyBox::create("John","Doe")->go();
//<div>
//<span>Name : John</span>
//<span>Surname : Doe</span>
//</div>

you can directly create any kind of element calling like a static method (PHP 5.3 required)

HN::div(HN::span("hello"),HN::span("world"))->attr(array("id"=>"test","class"=>"testclass"))->go();
//<div id="test" class="testclass">
//<span>hello</span>
//<span>world</span>
//</div>

you can set also attributes directly using reflection (PHP 5.3 required)

$div=HN::div(HN::span("hello"),HN::span("world"));
$div->id="test";
$div->class="testclass";
$div->go();
//<div id="test" class="testclass">
//<span>hello</span>
//<span>world</span>
//</div>

alexroat/HNode

HNode