Html Class

The Html class is an HTML wrapper for nearly all HTML tags.

Doctypes

We have included a configuration file located at fuel/core/config/doctypes.php which has all the doctypes.

anchor($href, $text, $attributes = array(), $secure = null)

The anchor method returns an HTML anchor tag.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$href required Target url
$text required Anchor value
$attributes false Array of attributes to be applied to the anchor tag.
$secure null Set to false to force http, or to true to force https on the created URL
Returns String containing the correctly formatted anchor tag (and attributes if supplied).
Example 
//returns <a href="http://www.domain.com/example">Example</a>
echo Html::anchor('example', 'Example');

//returns <a href="http://www.otherdomain.com/example">Example</a>
echo Html::anchor('http://www.otherdomain.com/example', 'Example');

//returns <a href="http://www.domain.com/example" id="a1" class="sample" style="color:red;">Example</a>
echo Html::anchor('example', 'Example', array('id' => 'a1', 'class' => 'sample', 'style' => 'color:red'));

//returns <a href="https://www.domain.com/example" id="a1" class="sample" style="color:red;">Example</a>
echo Html::anchor('example', 'Example', array('id' => 'a1', 'class' => 'sample', 'style' => 'color:red'), true);

mail_to($email, $text, $subject = null, $attr = array())

The mail_to method returns an HTML anchor tag with mailto as the target.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$email required Email address
$text required Anchor value
$subject null Anchor value
$attr empty Array of attributes to be applied to the anchor tag.
Returns String containing the correctly formated anchor tag (and attributes if supplied).
Example 
//returns <a href="mailto:name@domain.com">Name</a>
echo Html::mail_to('name@domain.com', 'Name');

//returns <a href="mailto:name@domain.com?subject=Something">Name</a>
echo Html::mail_to('name@domain.com', 'Name', 'Something');

//returns <a href="mailto:name@domain.com" id="a2" class="sample" style="color:red;">Name</a>
echo Html:::mail_to('name@domain.com', 'Name', null, array('id' => 'a2', 'class' => 'sample', 'style' => 'color:red'));

mail_to_safe($email, $text, $subject = null, $attr = array())

The mail_to_safe method returns JavaScript code that produces an HTML anchor tag with mailto as target.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$email required Email address
$text required Anchor value
$subject null Anchor value
$attr empty Array of attributes to be applied to the anchor tag.
Returns String containing the correctly formatted anchor tag (and attributes if supplied).
Example 
//returns
//<script type="text/javascript">
//	var user = "name";
//	var at = "@";
//	var server = "domain.com";
//	document.write('<a href="' + 'mail' + 'to:' + user + at + server + '">Name</a>');
//</script>
echo Html::mail_to_safe('name@domain.com', 'Name');

img($src, $attr = array())

The img method returns an image tag.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$src required Path to image.
$attr array() Attributes array. If no alt attribute is supplied, the alt attribute defaults to the filename.
Returns String containing the correctly formatted image tag.
Example 
//returns <img src="http://example.com/path/to/image.png" alt="image.png" />
echo Html::img('path/to/image.png');

//returns <img src="http://example.com/path/to/image.png" alt="Alt Message" class="myclass" />
echo Html::img('path/to/image.png', array("alt" => "Alt Message", 'class' => "myclass"));

meta($name, $content = '', $type = 'name')

The meta method returns meta tag or tags if multi-level array is supplied.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$name required Can be array containing single or multiple meta parameters or can be name/http-equiv value.
$content required If no array is supplied on the $name parameter, $content equals to the meta attribute content's value.
$type 'name' If no value is supplied will default to name. Can be name or http-equiv.
Returns String containing the correctly formated meta tags.
Example 
//returns <meta name="description" content="Meta Example!" />
echo Html::meta('description', 'Meta Example!');

//returns <meta name="robots" content="no-cache" />
echo Html::meta('robots', 'no-cache');

$meta = array(
	array('name' => 'robots', 'content' => 'no-cache'),
	array('name' => 'description', 'content' => 'Meta Example'),
	array('name' => 'keywords', 'content' => 'fuel, rocks'),
);

//returns <meta name="robots" content="no-cache" />
//returns <meta name="description" content="Meta Example!" />
//returns <meta name="keywords" content="fuel, rocks" />
echo Html::meta($meta);

doctype($type = 'xhtml1-trans')

The doctype method returns a correctly formated doctype tag.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$type 'xhtml1-trans' Type of HTML doctype tag to be outputted.
Accepted Values: xhtml11, xhtml1-strict, xhtml1-trans, xhtml1-frame, html5, html4-strict, html4-trans, html4-frame
Returns String containing the correctly formated doctype tag.
Example 
//returns the XHTML1 Transitional doctype tag.
echo Html::doctype();

//returns <!DOCTYPE html>
echo Html::doctype('html5');

audio($src, $attr = false)

The audio method requires you to set html5 as the doctype in order to be used.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$src required Location of the source file or array containing multiple locations.
$attr false Array of attributes to be applied to the audio tag.
Returns String containing the correctly formatted audio tag with its sources.
Example 
//returns <audio><source src="../sounds/beep.mp3" /></audio>
echo Html::audio('../sounds/beep.mp3');

//returns <audio><source src="../sounds/beep.mp3" /><source src="../sounds/frog.mp4" /></audio>
echo Html::audio(array('../sounds/beep.mp3','../sounds/frog.mp4'));

ul($list, $style = false)

The ul method returns a correctly formatted single or multi-level unordered list.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$list required Array containing single or multi-level items to be outputted as list items.
$style false Array of attributes to be applied to the ul tag.
Returns String containing the correctly formated list.
Example 
/* returns
<ul id="todo" class="pending">
	<li>red</li>
	<li>blue</li>
	<li>green</li>
	<li>yellow</li>
</ul>
*/
$items = array('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow');
$attr = array('id' => 'todo','class' => 'pending');
echo Html::ul($items, $attr);

/* returns
<ul class="order">
	<li>colors
		<ul>
			<li>blue</li>
			<li>red</li>
			<li>green</li>
		</ul>
	</li>
	<li>sky</li>
	<li>tools
		<ul>
			<li>screwdriver</li>
			<li>hammer</li>
		</ul>
	</li>
</ul>
*/
$items = array(
	'colors' => array('blue', 'red', 'green'),
	'sky',
	'tools' => array('screwdriver','hammer')
);
$attr = array('class' => 'order');
echo Html::ul($items, $attr);

ol($list, $style = false)

The ol method returns a correctly formatted single or multi-level ordered list.

Static Yes
Parameters
Param Default Description
$list required Array containing single or multi-level items to be outputted as list items.
$style false (Optional) Array of attributes to be applied to the ol tag.
Returns String containing the correctly formated list.
Example 
/* returns
<ol id="todo" class="pending">
	<li>red</li>
	<li>blue</li>
	<li>green</li>
	<li>yellow</li>
</ol>
*/
$items = array('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow');
$attr = array('id' => 'todo','class' => 'pending');
echo Html::ol($items, $attr);

/* returns
<ol class="order">
	<li>colors
		<ol>
			<li>blue</li>
			<li>red</li>
			<li>green</li>
		</ol>
	</li>
	<li>sky</li>
	<li>tools
		<ol>
			<li>screwdriver</li>
			<li>hammer</li>
		</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
*/
$items = array(
	'colors' => array('blue', 'red', 'green'),
	'sky',
	'tools' => array('screw driver','hammer'));
$attr = array('class' => 'order');
echo Html::ol($items, $attr);

Procedural helpers

html_tag($tag, $attr = array(), $content = false)

The html_tag function generates an HTML tag based on the attributes provided..

Parameters
Param Type Default Description
$tag string required the value to search for
$attr array 
array()
 array of attributes
$content string 
false
 the content wrapped in the tag
Returns string
Example 
echo html_tag('a', array(
	'href' => 'http://somedomain.com/',
	'class' => 'my_class'
), 'Link title');

// <a href="http://somedomain.com/" class="my_class">Link title</a>

array_to_attr($attr)

The array_to_attr function generates an attributes string.

Parameters
Param Type Default Description
$attr array required an array of attributes
Returns string
Example 
echo array_to_attr(array(
	'href' => 'http://somedomain.com/',
	'class' => 'my_class'
));

// href="http://somedomain.com/" class="my_class"