Smarty

[katana]

I have published today a new version of formsess, my smarty driven forms toolkit.

The official website is http://www.katana-inc.com/formsess/

Features:
- XHTML compliant syntax based on standard HTML form tags
- data persistance using sessions: valid values are stored and restored when a form is displayed again, and error messages are transmitted between pages
- Object oriented interface from the PHP Code
- Server & Client side validation with custom error messages
- extensible validation framework

The main advantage when compared to other forms system is that it uses smarty prefiltering feature as much as possible in order to provide an intuitive and elegant API.

There is a small and incomplete demo on the site, on the contact page. It only demonstrates client side validation methods, but I will finish it this week, and add a real demo with source code.

The documentation is not up-to-date, so feel free to ask any question here, i will help

[marco5]

what is it used for?

[katana]

err... in fact the easiest way would be to read what's written on the website

But as a quick description, i would say that it creates a developer-friendly interface between your PHP code and your template to manipulate forms.

The data is assigned from the PHP code, so no need to create smarty variables in your form, you just assign a value using the formsess class:
script

[marco5]

sorry

i still can not get the point!!

[katana]

it will be easier to understand as soon as there is a demo online, i think. A good demo is better than a huge explanation :

[marco5]