[wp-hackers] Admin Construction Abstraction

[Mike Walsh]

I use phpHtmlLib for forms within WordPress.  The 3.x branch of phpHtmlLib
went off in a direction of a PHP MVC Framework but the 2.x branch still
works fine.  It has a whole slew of classes for constructing and working
with forms as well as some useful widgets for displaying content.

I had used phpHtmlLib on a project prior to working with WordPress so when I
started on my Swim Team plugin (which is very forms intensive) I was loath
to code a bunch of forms by hand.  I ended up turning the 2.x phpHtmlLib
branch into a WordPress plugin, you can find it in the plugin repository.

The examples on the phpHtmlLib site are no longer there but if you install
the plugin and visit
http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/phphtmllib/examples you will see a
list of example forms and widgets.  There is also a doc directory.

I didn't write the original library but I did contribute to it later on and
did the work to turn it into a WP plugin.

Mike

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[mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Alex Andrews
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 6:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Admin Construction Abstraction

Thanks all.

These all look good - having had a quick look, particularly at the
Stack Exhange thread, seems that
http://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework/ - seems this is the most
comprehensive and pitched at the right level of abstraction for a
developer who wants to roll something out quickly.

I am sort of surprised as WordPress becomes more powerful this sort of
thing isn't built into Core.

All the best,

Alex

On 29 July 2011 11:30, Emanuele Ricci <stermi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Same for Yii Framework:
> http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/form.view
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:19 PM, John Blackbourn
> <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 29 July 2011 10:52, Alex Andrews <awgandrews at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hullo all,
>> >
>> > Just wondering if anyone knew of, or has, an admin library which
>> > provides some degree of abstraction when creating common elements,
>> > such as drop downs, forms etc. This sort of stuff would be very
>> > useful, and I don't want to re-invent the wheel if there is something
>> > out there I am simply not aware of.
>>
>> There are a few listed here:
>>
>>
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/7472/framework-for-plugin-theme
-options-panel/7501#7501
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