This is the config array for clonefish which generates the form you've just seen. How can you use such an array?
<?php
$config = Array(
'selectdate1' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'The default selectdate',
'value' => date("Y-m-d"),
'postfix' => '<br />no null values, defaults to today',
'null' => false,
),
'selectdate2' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'A different layout',
'postfix' => '<br />default null values',
'layout' => '<nobr>%M %D %Y</nobr>',
),
'selectdate3' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'Year trick 1 (incrementing)',
'layout' => '<nobr>%M %D %Y</nobr>',
'yearfrom' => '1990',
'yearuntil' => '2000',
'postfix' => '<br />...and redefined null values',
'null' => Array( '' => '-- choose! --' ),
),
'selectdate4' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'Year trick 2 (decrementing)',
'postfix' => '<br />...and the months are abbreviated.',
'layout' => '<nobr>%M %D %Y</nobr>',
'yearfrom' => '2000',
'yearuntil' => '1990',
'months' => Array(
1 => 'Jan',
2 => 'Feb',
3 => 'Mar',
4 => 'Apr',
5 => 'May',
6 => 'Jun',
7 => 'Jul',
8 => 'Aug',
9 => 'Sep',
10 => 'Oct',
11 => 'Nov',
12 => 'Dec',
),
),
'selectdate5' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'Format change',
'postfix' => '
<br />Find the "data" section below to check that
the returned format is different: changes to D-M-Y!
',
'format' => '%D-%M-%Y',
),
'selectdate6' => Array(
'type' => 'selectdate',
'displayname' => 'Time',
'postfix' => '
<br />Handles hours, minutes and seconds too!
',
'layout' => '%Y-%M-%D, %h : %m : %s',
'format' => '%Y-%M-%D %h:%m:%s',
),
);
?>
To create a form using this array you'll only need a few lines of code:
<?php
// create the form object
$clonefish = new clonefish( 'loginform', 'test.php', 'POST' );
// setup codepage so your data will be handled
// perfectly by the appropriate string functions
$clonefish->codepage = 'utf-8';
$clonefish->multibytesupport = 'multibyteutf8';
// add the form elements (fields) pre-filled with
// values from $_POST
$clonefish->addElements( $config, $_POST, get_magic_quotes_gpc() );
// validate the form if the form has been submitted
if ( count( $_POST ) && $clonefish->validate() ) {
// form is valid, go and store values in database, etc.
// $clonefish->getElementValues() provides a
// normalized value array.
}
else
// if the form wasn't submitted yet or the validation
// had failed, show the form (automatically
// including error messages)
echo
"<html><body>" .
$clonefish->getHTML() .
"</body></html>";
?>