Re: [Phplib-users] extensions to oohforms, table

[Nathaniel P. <np...@te...>]

On 4/9/2004 3:18 PM, Clark Freifeld wrote :

>Hi Phplibbers,
>
>Way back in 1999, Eric Ries and I made some extensions to the oohforms
>component of phplib, version 6.4 to be precise. These included some
>fancier validation techniques and some fancier widgets, including a few
>types of database-backed widgets. I have just recently re-integrated these
>changes into PHPLib version 7.4, and I was wondering if anybody would be
>interested in taking a look at them. The code is definitely not at release
>level, but there are some nifty features.
>
>Anyway, if people are interested, I'll throw together a little Web page
>with the files and some documentation on how to drop them in on top of
>your PHPLib installation and how to use them.
>
>I also have made some enhancements to the table class, namely, integrating
>it with the DB class and providing sorting via clicking on column
>header links and more formatting flexibility. Would love to share that
>too.
>
>Keep up the good work on PHPLib. I've been a loyal user for five years
>now.
>  
>
I'd be very interested to see what you've come up with... I've worked on 
my own extension to oohforms that I'm using in-house for a few things, 
but it was mostly just a code cleanup with a couple of new features more 
than anything else.

I haven't mucked around with the table class very much, but the 
functionality you've described sounds like it would be a very useful 
addition.

PHPlib development seems to be pretty much stagnant as of late. I'm glad 
to see someone working on it.

This is a bit off of the topic, but one of the main reasons I like 
PHPlib is because its components work together well. However, when 
looking around at other code libraries like PEAR and ADOdb that are 
actively maintained, and seeing PHPlib mostly still using code designed 
to work with PHP3, I'm beginning to wonder if it might be worth 
migrating to get a more fully featured database abstraction layer. 
However, I wouldn't want to sacrifice the flexability that the 
auth/perm/user functionality offers. Does anyone have any thoughts as to 
what code out there to "replace" phplib? Would it be worthwhile to try 
to rewrite PHPlib to get rid of crufty code and add new features, or 
would that be duplicating efforts from other projects too much to be 
worth it?

Thanks in advance...

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