Html Helper

link_to()

  $this->link_to($name, array( $url_options = array(), $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->link_to('Link', array('url' => array('action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller', 'id' => '1', 'param' => 'param'),
                                 'html' => array('class' => 'link_class')))

Html

<a class="link_class" href="/my_controller/my_action/1&param=param">Link</a>

link_to_remote()

 $this->link_to_remote($name, array( $url_options = array(), $ajax_options = array(), $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->link_to_remote('Link', array('url' => array('action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller', 'id' => '1', 'param' => 'param'),
                                        'ajax' => array('update' => 'div'),
                                        'html' => array('class' => 'link_class')))

Html

<a id="link_id" class="link_class" onclick="new Ajax.Updater(" href="#">Link</a>

* Available options for $ajax_options

 - loading
 - loaded
 - success
 - failure
 - complete
 - interactive
 - before
 - after
 - condition
 - submit
 - confirm

link_to_function()

  $this->link_to_funtion($name, array( $options = array() ))

Example

= $this->link_to_function('Link', array('onclick' => 'function()',
                                                'html' => array('class' => 'link_class')))

Html

<a class="link_class" onclick="function();" href="#">Link</a>

button_to()

  $this->button_to($name, array( $url_options = array(), $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->button_to('Button', array('url' => array('action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller', 'id' => '1', 'param' => 'param'),
                                 'html' => array('class' => 'link_class')))

Html

<button class="link_class" onclick="window.location="/my_controller/my_action/1&param=param"">Button</button>

button_to_remote()

 $this->button_to_remote($name, array( $url_options = array(), $ajax_options = array(), $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->html->button_to_remote('button', array('url' => array('action' => 'div', 'controller' => 'user', 'id' => '1'),
                                                          'html' => array('style' => 'color:red;'),
                                                          'ajax' => array( 'success' => '$("div").hide();')))

Html

<button style="color: red;" onclick="new Ajax.Request(">Button</button>

* Available options for $ajax_options

 - loading
 - loaded
 - success
 - failure
 - complete
 - interactive
 - before
 - after
 - condition
 - submit
 - confirm

button_to_function()

  $this->button_to_funtion($name, array( $options = array() ))

Example

= $this->button_to_function('Button', array('onclick' => 'function()',
                                                'html' => array('class' => 'link_class')))

Html

<button class="link_class" onclick="function();">Link</button>

mail_to()

  $this->mail_to($name, array( $url_options = array(), $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->html->mail_to('Mail_to', array( 'url' => array('mailto' => 'email@to.com'),
                                           'html' => array('class' => 'link_class', 'id' => 'link_id')))

Html

<a id="link_id" class="link_class" href="mailto:email@to.com">Link</a>

image_tag()

  $this->image_tag($name, array( $html = array() ))

Example

= $this->html->image_tag('image.jpg', array('html' => array('border' => '0'))) ?

Html

<img src="/public/images/image.jpg" border="0" alt="" />

form_tag()

= $this->html->form_tag(array( $url_options array(), $html_options = array() ))

Example

= $this->html->form_tag(array( 'url' => array('action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller', 'id' => '1', 'param' => 'param'),
                                 'html' => array('id' => 'form_id')))

Html

<form id="form_id" action="/my_controller/my_action/1&param=param" method="post"></form>

<strong>form_remote_tag()</strong>

<pre>= $this->html->form_tag(array( $url_options array(), $ajax_options = array(), $html_options = array() ))

Example

= $this->html->form_tag(array( 'url' => array('action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller', 'id' => '1', 'param' => 'param'),
                                 'ajax' => array('update' => 'div'),
                                 'html' => array('id' => 'form_id')))

Html

* Available options for $ajax_options

 - loading
 - loaded
 - success
 - failure
 - complete
 - interactive

submit_tag()

 submit_tag($name, $html_options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->submit_tag('Submit');

Html

<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

submit_image_tag()

 submit_image_tag($image_file, $html_options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->submit_image_tag('image.jpg');

Html

<input src="/public/images/image.jpg" type="image" />

End_form_tag()

 $this->end_form_tag()

Html

text_field()

 text_field($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

text_field('tableName[columnName]', array ('class' => 'my_class', 'disabled' => 'disabled', 'value' => 'data'))

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" class="my_class" disabled="disabled" name="tableName[columnName]" type="text" value="data" />

file_field()

 file_field($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

file_field('tableName[columnName]', array ('class' => 'my_class'))

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" class="my_class" name="tableName[columnName]" type="text" />

password_field()

 text_field($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

password_field('tableName[columnName]', array ('class' => 'my_class', 'disabled' => 'disabled', 'value' => 'data'))

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" class="my_class" disabled="disabled" name="tableName[columnName]" type="password" value="data" />

hidden_field()

 hidden_field($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

= hidden_field('tableName[columnName]', array ('value' => 'data'))

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" name="tableName[columnName]" type="hidden" value="data" />

radio_field()

 radio($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->radio('tableName[columnName]', array('checked' => 'checked', 'disabled' => 'disabled'));

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" checked="checked" disabled="disabled" name="tableName[ColumnName]" type="radio" />

check_box()

 check_box($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->check_box('tableName[columnName]', array('checked' => 'checked', 'disabled' => 'disabled'));

Html

<input id="tableName_columnName" checked="checked" disabled="disabled" name="tableName[ColumnName]" type="check_box" />

text_area()

 text_area($field_name, $html_options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->text_area('tabeName[description]', array('class' => 'my_class' , 'value' => 'data', 'disabled' => 'disabled'))

Html

<textarea id="tableName_columnName" class="my_class" disabled="disabled" name="tableName[columnName]">data</textarea>

select()

= select($field_name, $collection = array (), $options = array ())

Example

= $this->html->select('user[type]',array('object' => $tasks ,'id/name',
                                           'select' => '4',
                                           'before' => array('elow' => 'elow'),
                                           'after' => array('elow1' => 'elow1')),
                                     array('style' => 'border:1px solid;'))

* If you need to use some helper function for name field for example truncate() , you can specify it like this

= $this->html->select('user[type]',array('object' => $tasks ,'id/truncate(name,20)' ...

option_for_select()

= $this->option_for_select($collection = array())

* This method generate for select tag
Example

= $this->html->options_for_select(array('before' => array('elow' => 'elow'),
                                          'object' => $tasks ,'id/name',
                                          'after' => array('elow1' => 'elow1'),
                                          'select' => '4'))

draggable_element()=

= $this->html->draggable_element($id)

Example

= $this->html->draggable_element('divbox')

drop_receiving_element()=

= $this->html->drop_receiving_element($id, $options => array() )

Example

= $this->html->drop_receiving_element('my_cart', array('url' => array('action' => 'add', 'controller' => 'cart')))

country_select()

function country_select($field_name, $priority_countries = null, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

options_for_select()

options_for_select($collection, $selected = null)

select_datetime()

select_datetime($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_day()

select_day($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_month()

select_month($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_year()

select_year($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_hour()

select_hour($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_minute()

select_minute($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

select_second

select_second($field_name, $options = array (), $html_options = array ())

time_ago_in_words()

time_ago_in_words($from_time, $include_seconds = false)

distance_of_time_in_words()

distance_of_time_in_words($from_time, $to_time = 0, $include_seconds = false) {