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anvii/htmlelement
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A library to create HTML code in PHP

1.1.2(1y ago)016LGPL-2.1PHPPHP >=7.2.0

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HtmlElement
===========

[](#htmlelement)

**HtmlElement provides an easy and efficient way to construct an HTML code in PHP**

HtmlElement is useful if you want to alternate you HTML code in PHP, like in modular architecture, and have elegant source code of your program.

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

HtmlElement requires PHP v7.3 or greater

Building the HTML
-----------------

[](#building-the-html)

Sample code:

```
use anvii\HtmlElement\HtmlElement;

// Create an element
$div = new HtmlElement('div', ['class'=>'class1 class2'], 'Hello, World!');

// Build sample menu
$menu = HtmlElement::ul(['id'=>'sample-menu', 'class'=>'menu'], [
    HtmlElement::li(['class'=>'active'],
        HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'...'], 'New')
    ),
    HtmlElement::li(['class'=>''],
        HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'...'], 'Open')
    ),
    HtmlElement::li(['class'=>'disabled'],
        HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'...'], 'Save')
    )
]);

// Add one more element(s)
$menu->add([
    HtmlElement::hr(),
    HtmlElement::li(
        HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'...', '_if'=>$hasHelp], 'Help')
    )
]);

// Query elements like in jQuery
$menu->query('a')->addClass('awesome');
$menu->query('li.disabled a')->removeClass('awesome');

// Send menu to browser
echo $menu;
```

Quering elements
----------------

[](#quering-elements)

The library has a simple query engine like in jQuery. It allows to alternate HTML code by modules on the fly.

```
$form = $html->first('form#login');
$form->query('input[type="submit"]')->addClass('nice-button');
```

Class HtmlQuery also supports callback functions, but using strings with function names is forbidden due to security reason.

```
$form->query(function($e) {
    return ($e instanceof \my\Button::class);
});
```

Note, that querying in HtmlElement is very restricted. It supports only one class and only one attribute.

Special attributes
------------------

[](#special-attributes)

HTML attributes started with underscore '\_' are special. They are not rendered, but used for building document.

```
echo HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'/user/profile', '_if'=>isUserRegistered()], 'Profile');
```

The next special attributes are used by HtmlElement:

- \_if - Conditional element. Value of this attribute can be boolean or a function.
- \_raw - Do not encode content of an element.
- \_weight - Used to define order of elements. See 'Ordering elements' below.
- \_hideempty - Don't show element if it's content is empty.

Ordering elements
-----------------

[](#ordering-elements)

You can order elements by using special attribute '\_weight'. For example, you can construct menus dynamically from modules:

```
$userMenu->add([
    HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'/user/profile', '_weight'=>10], 'Profile'),
    HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'/user/password', '_weight'=>12], 'Change Password'),
    HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'/user/Logout', '_weight'=>100], 'Logout'),
]);

// From module:
HtmlElement::first('#userMenu')->add(
    HtmlElement::a(['href'=>'gallery', 'weight'=>30])
);
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~271 days

Total

4

Last Release

534d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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