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Im writing a class do do some mysql stuff then print out results in a table.

Is there anyway to print the resulting html code out in a well formatted way?

Code: 
function test()
{
  $returnThis = "<table>".
                "  <thead>".
                "    <tr>".
                "      <th>Header 1/th>".
                "      <th>Header 2</th>".
                "      <th>Header 2</th>".
                "    </tr>".
                "  </thead>".
                "</table>";
  return $returnThis;
}

echo test();

However the above html prints it all out in one line. I know its no biggy but I like to see nice html code.
 
JonD said:
Im writing a class do do some mysql stuff then print out results in a table.

Is there anyway to print the resulting html code out in a well formatted way?


However the above html prints it all out in one line. I know its no biggy but I like to see nice html code.
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Add a newline "\n" ;)

Code: 
function test()
{
  $returnThis = "<table>\n".
                "  <thead>\n".
                "    <tr>\n".
                "      <th>Header 1/th>\n".
                "      <th>Header 2</th>\n".
                "      <th>Header 2</th>\n".
                "    </tr>\n".
                "  </thead>\n".
                "</table>\n";
  return $returnThis;
}

echo test();
 
Indentation is just to keep it readable when you're writing it - if you're using PHP to generate the html, then why worry about how it's indented?
 
Haha thats a way i didnt think of. lol Cheers.

However tho, if you use the code like this:

Code: 
...
  <body>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <?=$myClass->getTable()?>
    </div>
  </body>
...

Is printed out

Code: 
  <body>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Header 1</th>
      <th>Header 2</th>
      <th>Header 2</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
</table>
    </div>
  </body>

As you can see it is tidyier, however only the opening <table> tag is indented properly.

Any way this can be sorted? :D

Sorry im picky :p
 
LazyManc said:
Indentation is just to keep it readable when you're writing it - if you're using PHP to generate the html, then why worry about how it's indented?
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Not really a big reason, I just like to read nicely laid out html when I need to look through the source.
 
The way I tend to do it is to run it through the Tidy PHP extension before displaying when developing / debugging my html / javascript. Then just outputting it normally when in production.
 
can I ask why you're concatenating those strings? seems rather pointless to me.
Code: 
function test()
{
  return 
"<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Header 1/th>
      <th>Header 2</th>
      <th>Header 2</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
</table>";
}

echo test();

needing your HTML indented like this makes for messy, confusing code in the long run. It's very worthwhile reading into generating HTML with the DOM in PHP.
 
jonno.co.uk said:
just use tidy tidy if you are such a perfectionist with the way your code looks (like me). worth the extra overhead in most cases imo :)
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If you're running a high-traffic site then you'd be better off with no whitespace at all to save on bandwidth. If you want to read the code, just paste it into an editor with a html source format function.
 
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