Cellbrush table generator
Cellbrush is (yet another) PHP library to generate HTML tables.
It does support colspan and rowspan.
What really makes it special is that table cells are addressed by string keys, and empty cells are filled automatically. This means, you can add cells in any order, and you don't need to babysit the table's structural integrity! This allows for a more semantical work flow.
Features
- Named rows and columns.
- Colspan and rowspan using col groups and row groups.
- Automatically fills up empty cells.
- Method chaining instead of crazy nested array structures.
Example
Here is the code..
<?php
$table = (new Table())
// A 3x3 grid + 'legend' column on the left.
->addColNames(['legend', 'col0', 'col1', 'col2'])
->addRowNames(['row0', 'row1', 'row2'])
->td('row0', 'col0', 'Diag 0')
->td('row1', 'col1', 'Diag 1')
->td('row2', 'col2', 'Diag 2')
// Add a separator column on the right.
->addColName('separator')
->td('', 'separator', '//')
// Add colspan group on the right.
->addColGroup('cg', ['a', 'b', 'c'])
->td('row0', 'cg.a', 'GD 0.a')
->td('row0', 'cg.b', 'GD 0.b')
->td('row1', 'cg', 'Span')
->td('row2', 'cg.a', 'GD 3.a')
->td('row2', 'cg.c', 'GD 3.c')
;
// Add a thead section.
$table->thead()->addRow('head0')
->th('col0', 'Column 0')
->th('col1', 'Column 1')
->th('col2', 'Column 2')
->th('cg', 'Grouped columns')
;
// Fill the legend cells.
$table->colHandle('legend')
->th('row0', 'Row 0')
->th('row1', 'Row 1')
->th('row2', 'Row 2')
;
print $table->render();
?>And this is the generated table:
| Column 0 | Column 1 | Column 2 | Grouped columns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row 0 | Diag 0 | // | GD 0.a | GD 0.b | |||
| Row 1 | Diag 1 | Span | |||||
| Row 2 | Diag 2 | GD 3.a | GD 3.c | ||||