README

Generate HTML elements and their attributes.

The motivation behind this package is to provide a simple way to generate HTML elements with sensible defaults, while being more light-weight than the DOMDocument class.

Elements can be nested to create complex HTML structures, but unlike DOMDocument it does not provide a way fully traverse the DOM tree.

This is a deliberate design decision to keep the package lightweight and performant.

Important

This package is still in development.

While it is considered MVP and stable, it may still undergo breaking changes.

Note

Documentation is still being written.

Installation

composer require northrook/html-element

Usage

New elements can be created using the Element class:

namespace Northrook\HTML\Element;

$basic = new Element( content: 'Hello World!' );

echo $basic;

<div>Hello World!</div>

Elements can be nested using the $content parameter. It accepts strings, Elements, and arrays of either.

Important

The Element class does not escape provided $content, so ensure you do so either before passing it, or later down the line.

echo new Element( 'h1', [ 'class' => 'example classes' ], $basic );

<h1 class="example classes">
    <div>Hello World!</div>
</h1>

$button = new Element(
    tag        : 'button',
    attributes : [ 'id' => 'Save Action', 'class' => 'btn icon' ],
    content    : [
        new Element( 'i', content: '<svg ... </svg>' ),
        'Save',
    ]
);

echo $button;

<button id="save-action" type="button" class="btn icon">
    <i>...</i>
    Save
</button>

License

MIT