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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(

  
'inputRadio' => Array(
    
'type'        => 'inputRadioDynamic',
    
'displayname' => 'inputRadioDynamic<br> with a "row-by-row" layout',
    
'values'      => Array( => 'no choice' ),
    
'sql'         => 'SELECT id, title FROM books',
    
'itemlayout'  => '%radio% %label%<br />',
    
'layout'      => '%s',
  ),

  
'inputRadioDiv' => Array(
    
'type'        => 'inputRadioDynamic',
    
'displayname' => 'inputRadioDynamic - the same one with a divider',
    
'values'      => Array( => 'no choice' ),
    
'sql'         => 'SELECT id, title FROM books',
    
'layout'      => '<table><tr><td> %s </td></tr></table>',

    
'itemlayout'  => '%radio% %label%<br />',
    
'layout'      => '%s',

    
'divide'      => 2,
    
'divider'     => ' </td><td> ',

  ),

);


?>

usage example

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$_POSTget_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>";

?>

But there's so much more than just displaying the form - be sure to read the
reference pages and the introduction!