Live PHP form builder!

Check out our super-easy form creator application right now in your browser!

take it for a spin »

getHTML()

clonefish->getHTML() - returns the entire (X)HTML and JavaScript code of the form in a string.

Description

class clonefish {
  string getHTML( void )
}

Returns the entire (X)HTML and JavaScript code of the form in a string. The $clonefish->jspath attribute is required to use the clientside JavaScript validation. The HTML code is generated from the HTML snippets defined in the $clonefish->layouts attribute, and also affected by these clonefish attributes:

• layout
• layouts
• js
• jspath
• jsalert, jsalertmessagecontainerlayout, jsalertmessagelayout
• jshtml, jshtmlmessagecontainerlayout, jshtmlmessagelayout
• outputmessages
• showerroricon
• erroricon
• errorstyle
• prefix
• postfix
• messageprefix
• messagecontainerlayout, messagelayout
• messagepostfix
• formopenlayout
• formcloselayout
• layoutcleanup

Learn more about these attributes!

Return values

The entire (X)HTML and JS code on success. If an error occurs, clonefish will die with an error message.

• The class
  • Properties
  • Layout overview
  • Methods
    • constructor
    • addElements()
    • getHTML()
    • validate()
    • getElementValues()
    • loadConfig()
    • getVars()
    • removeElement()
    • getElementByName()
    • invalidate()
    • addMessage()
    • getValue()
    • setValue()
  • Element class
• Input types
• Validation types
• Features

• View docs in a single page

form validation for developers!

clonefish is a proven, mature form generator class that helps PHP developers to create, validate and process secure, flexible and easy-to-maintain forms
learn more