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loadConfig()

clonefish->loadConfig() - loads a form configuration file

Description

class clonefish {
  void loadConfig( string $filename )
}

A really easy way to configure the layout and other settings for a form: just create a simple .ini textfile, and you're ready to go! Clonefish has a clever built-in parser for .ini files to support loading even the layout arrays from a file.

Features of the parser:

• the first = character separates the name and value, no confusion with further =-s.
• everything after the first = character is treated as the value of the setting: no need to use " characters, you still have all the characters at your hand (you can still escape " or ' characters)
• feel free to use \n, \r and \t !
• the . character in the name helps to define arrays of any depth
• use the ; character to include comments
• use empty lines to keep the file easy to read
• you can use multiline settings: just indent the second and further lines with a space or a tab!

Examples

Example 1: a sample config file

; layout settings
layout = tabular
layouts.tabular.buttonrow =<tr><td colspan="2"></td><td>%s</td></tr>\n
layouts.tabular.element   =<tr %errorstyle%><td width="120" align="rig [...]
layouts.tabular.button    =<input type="submit" value="%s" />

layouts.tabular.container =
  <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0">
  %s
  </table> 

Example 2: loading a config file

<?php

$clonefish->loadConfig( 'configs/formdefaults.ini' );

?>

• 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

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