Re: Less verbose usage of HtmlHelper?

Like Jeremy said, use pure HTML. Theres no point in using the HTML
helper to create a div when you can create it manually.

On Sep 18, 3:16 pm, "Evan R. Murphy" <evanrmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I figured out a way to do this through trial-and-error, but it's kinda
> kludgy.
>
> You create a libs/html.php file with wrapper functions for every
> HtmlHelper you want to alias:
>
> <?
>
> // contents of libs/html.php
>
> global $HTML;
> $HTML = $html;
>
> if (!function_exists('div')) {
>   function div($class = null, $text = null, $options = array()) {
>     global $HTML;
>     return $HTML->div($class, $text, $options); } }
>
> if (!function_exists('tag')) {
>   function tag (...) {
>     ... } }
>
> ... ?>
>
> Then, in every view where you want to use these functions, just
> include('libs/html.php'); at the top and they become available.
>
> On Sep 18, 10:26 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
>
> <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
> > These tags are so simple, there's no need to use the helper.
> > Drop the helper altogether and do it with straightforward html.
> > There's little benefit in using the helper for these - in fact you are slowing your site down by using it. Then you have complete control.
>
> There must be two schools of thought on this, or else why would the
> helper functions exist for simple tags! ;) I appreciate increased
> clarity of not constantly escaping between PHP and HTML, but your
> point is well taken. Any idea what kind of performance hit is taken
> for using the HtmlHelper?
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
>
> On Sep 17, 11:44 pm, "Evan R. Murphy" <evanrmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I really like using CakePHP's HtmlHelper, except that it's so verbose.
> > I'd love to be able to write
>
> > div('header',
> >   tag('ul',
> >     tag('li', link('Home', '/')),
> >     aa('class', 'nav')))
>
> > instead of
>
> > $html->div('header',
> >   $html->tag('ul',
> >     $html->tag('li', $html->link('Home', '/')),
> >     aa('class', 'nav')))
>
> > How can I make this happen? (It's ok with me if functions like div,
> > tag and link are global. I'm willing to risk naming conflicts for this
> > extra convenience.)
>
> > Thanks,
> > Evan

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