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Create HTML tables that are easy to visualize and see what is going on.

Installation

Add the following to your composer.json file.

{
    "require": {
        "bootpress/table": "^1.0"
    }
}

A Simple Example

<?php

use BootPress\Table\Component as Table;

$table = new Table;

$html = $table->open();
    $html .= $table->row();
    $html .= $table->cell('', 'One');
    $html .= $table->cell('', 'Two');
    $html .= $table->cell('', 'Three');
$html .= $table->close();

echo $html;

That will give you three cells in a row:

Or in other words:

<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>One</td>
            <td>Two</td>
            <td>Three</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Colspan and Rowspan

Notice that we use a syntax for attributes that keeps it compact, yet readable. Basically, every attribute is separated by a '|' (single pipe), and we drop the quotes.

$html = $table->open('border=1|class=special');
    $html .= $table->row();
    $html .= $table->cell('rowspan=2', 'Two Rows');
    $html .= $table->cell('', 'One');
    $html .= $table->cell('', 'Two');
    $html .= $table->row();
    $html .= $table->cell('colspan=2', 'Buckle my shoe');
$html .= $table->close();

echo $html;

<table border="1" class="special">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan="2">Two Rows</td>
            <td>One</td>
            <td>Two</td>
        </tr><tr>
            <td colspan="2">Buckle my shoe</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Caption, Header, and Footer

It is not necessary to pass a cells content to the method. It will still be wrapped appropriately.

$html = $table->open('border=1', 'Caption');
    $html .= $table->head();
    $html .= $table->cell('colspan=2') . 'Header';
    $html .= $table->row();
    $html .= $table->cell() . 'Three';
    $html .= $table->cell() . 'Four';
    $html .= $table->foot();
    $html .= $table->cell('colspan=2') . 'Shut the door';
$html .= $table->close();

echo $html;

<table border="1">
    <caption>Caption</caption>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="2">Header</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Three</td>
            <td>Four</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2"> Shut the door</td>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>
</table>

Nested Table

When you $table->close(), everything is reset and you can make another $table->open() without any problems. For nesting tables though, you'll need to create another instance of the class.

$t1 = new Table;
$t2 = new Table;

$html = $t1->open();
    $html .= $t1->row();
    $html .= $t1->cell('', 'Five');
    $html .= $t1->cell() . 'Six';
    $html .= $t1->cell();
        $html .= $t2->open('border=1');
            $html .= $t2->row();
            $html .= $t2->cell('', 'Pick');
            $html .= $t2->cell('', 'Up');
            $html .= $t2->cell('', 'Sticks');
        $html .= $t2->close();
$html .= $t1->close();

<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Five</td>
            <td>Six</td>
            <td>
                <table border="1">
                    <tbody>
                        <tr>
                            <td>Pick</td>
                            <td>Up</td>
                            <td>Sticks</td>
                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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