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class="document"> <div class="section" id="html-helper"> <h1>HTML Helper<a class="headerlink" href="#html-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>The HTML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with HTML.</p> <div class="contents local topic" id="contents"> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#loading-this-helper" id="id1">Loading this Helper</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#available-functions" id="id2">Available Functions</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="custom-index container"></div><div class="section" id="loading-this-helper"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Loading this Helper</a><a class="headerlink" href="#loading-this-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>This helper is loaded using the following code:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">helper</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'html'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="available-functions"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Available Functions</a><a class="headerlink" href="#available-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The following functions are available:</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="heading"> <code class="descname">heading</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$data = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$h = '1'</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$attributes = ''</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#heading" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$data</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Content</li> <li><strong>$h</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Heading level</li> <li><strong>$attributes</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) – HTML attributes</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML heading tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you create HTML heading tags. The first parameter will contain the data, the second the size of the heading. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">heading</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Welcome!'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above would produce: <h3>Welcome!</h3></p> <p>Additionally, in order to add attributes to the heading tag such as HTML classes, ids or inline styles, a third parameter accepts either a string or an array:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">heading</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Welcome!'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'class="pink"'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">heading</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'How are you?'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'id'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'question'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'class'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'green'</span><span class="p">));</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above code produces:</p> <div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">h3</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"pink"</span><span class="p">></span>Welcome!<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">h3</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">h4</span> <span class="na">id</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"question"</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"green"</span><span class="p">></span>How are you?<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">h4</span><span class="p">></span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="img"> <code class="descname">img</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$src = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$index_page = FALSE</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$attributes = ''</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#img" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$src</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Image source data</li> <li><strong>$index_page</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – Whether to treat $src as a routed URI string</li> <li><strong>$attributes</strong> (<em>array</em>) – HTML attributes</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML image tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you create HTML <img /> tags. The first parameter contains the image source. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">img</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'images/picture.jpg'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// gives <img src="http://site.com/images/picture.jpg" /></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>There is an optional second parameter that is a TRUE/FALSE value that specifics if the <em>src</em> should have the page specified by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$config['index_page']</span></code> added to the address it creates. Presumably, this would be if you were using a media controller:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">img</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'images/picture.jpg'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// gives <img src="http://site.com/index.php/images/picture.jpg" alt="" /></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Additionally, an associative array can be passed to the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">img()</span></code> function for complete control over all attributes and values. If an <em>alt</em> attribute is not provided, CodeIgniter will generate an empty string.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$image_properties</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'src'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'images/picture.jpg'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'alt'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'Me, demonstrating how to eat 4 slices of pizza at one time'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'class'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'post_images'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'width'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'200'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'height'</span><span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'200'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'title'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'That was quite a night'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'rel'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'lightbox'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nx">img</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$image_properties</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// <img src="http://site.com/index.php/images/picture.jpg" alt="Me, demonstrating how to eat 4 slices of pizza at one time" class="post_images" width="200" height="200" title="That was quite a night" rel="lightbox" /></span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="link_tag"> <code class="descname">link_tag</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$href = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$rel = 'stylesheet'</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$type = 'text/css'</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$title = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$media = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$index_page = FALSE</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#link_tag" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$href</strong> (<em>string</em>) – What are we linking to</li> <li><strong>$rel</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Relation type</li> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the related document</li> <li><strong>$title</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Link title</li> <li><strong>$media</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Media type</li> <li><strong>$index_page</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – Whether to treat $src as a routed URI string</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML link tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you create HTML <link /> tags. This is useful for stylesheet links, as well as other links. The parameters are <em>href</em>, with optional <em>rel</em>, <em>type</em>, <em>title</em>, <em>media</em> and <em>index_page</em>.</p> <p><em>index_page</em> is a boolean value that specifies if the <em>href</em> should have the page specified by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$config['index_page']</span></code> added to the address it creates.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">link_tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'css/mystyles.css'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// gives <link href="http://site.com/css/mystyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Further examples:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">link_tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'favicon.ico'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'shortcut icon'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'image/ico'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// <link href="http://site.com/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" /></span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">link_tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'feed'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'alternate'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'application/rss+xml'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'My RSS Feed'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// <link href="http://site.com/feed" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="My RSS Feed" /></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Additionally, an associative array can be passed to the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">link()</span></code> function for complete control over all attributes and values:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$link</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'href'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'css/printer.css'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'rel'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'stylesheet'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'type'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'text/css'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'media'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'print'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">link_tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$link</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// <link href="http://site.com/css/printer.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" /></span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="ul"> <code class="descname">ul</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$list</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$attributes = ''</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ul" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$list</strong> (<em>array</em>) – List entries</li> <li><strong>$attributes</strong> (<em>array</em>) – HTML attributes</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML-formatted unordered list</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Permits you to generate unordered HTML lists from simple or multi-dimensional arrays. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'blue'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'green'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'yellow'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$attributes</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'class'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'boldlist'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'id'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'mylist'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">ul</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$list</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$attributes</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above code will produce this:</p> <div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"boldlist"</span> <span class="na">id</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"mylist"</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>red<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>blue<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>green<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>yellow<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Here is a more complex example, using a multi-dimensional array:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$attributes</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'class'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'boldlist'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'id'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'mylist'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'colors'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'blue'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'green'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'shapes'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'round'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'square'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'circles'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'ellipse'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'oval'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'sphere'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'moods'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'happy'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'upset'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'defeated'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'dejected'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'disheartened'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'depressed'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'annoyed'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'cross'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'angry'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">ul</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$list</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$attributes</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above code will produce this:</p> <div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"boldlist"</span> <span class="na">id</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"mylist"</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>colors <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>red<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>blue<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>green<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>shapes <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>round<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>suare<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>circles <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>elipse<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>oval<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>sphere<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>moods <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>happy<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>upset <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>defeated <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>dejected<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>disheartened<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>depressed<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>annoyed<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>cross<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span>angry<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="ol"> <code class="descname">ol</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$list</em>, <em>$attributes = ''</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ol" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$list</strong> (<em>array</em>) – List entries</li> <li><strong>$attributes</strong> (<em>array</em>) – HTML attributes</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML-formatted ordered list</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Identical to <a class="reference internal" href="#ul" title="ul"><code class="xref php php-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">ul()</span></code></a>, only it produces the <ol> tag for ordered lists instead of <ul>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="meta"> <code class="descname">meta</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$name = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$content = ''</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$type = 'name'</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$newline = "n"</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#meta" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$name</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Meta name</li> <li><strong>$content</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Meta content</li> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Meta type</li> <li><strong>$newline</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Newline character</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML meta tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Helps you generate meta tags. You can pass strings to the function, or simple arrays, or multidimensional ones.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">meta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'description'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'My Great site'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Generates: <meta name="description" content="My Great Site" /></span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">meta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Content-type'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'text/html; charset=utf-8'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'equiv'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Note the third parameter. Can be "equiv" or "name"</span> <span class="c1">// Generates: <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">meta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'robots'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'no-cache'</span><span class="p">));</span> <span class="c1">// Generates: <meta name="robots" content="no-cache" /></span> <span class="nv">$meta</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'robots'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'no-cache'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'description'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'My Great Site'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'keywords'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'love, passion, intrigue, deception'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'robots'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'no-cache'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'name'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'Content-type'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'text/html; charset=utf-8'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'type'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'equiv'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">meta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$meta</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Generates:</span> <span class="c1">// <meta name="robots" content="no-cache" /></span> <span class="c1">// <meta name="description" content="My Great Site" /></span> <span class="c1">// <meta name="keywords" content="love, passion, intrigue, deception" /></span> <span class="c1">// <meta name="robots" content="no-cache" /></span> <span class="c1">// <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="doctype"> <code class="descname">doctype</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'xhtml1-strict'</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#doctype" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Doctype name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML DocType tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Helps you generate document type declarations, or DTD’s. XHTML 1.0 Strict is used by default, but many doctypes are available.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">doctype</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"></span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">doctype</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'html4-trans'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The following is a list of doctype choices. These are configurable, and pulled from application/config/doctypes.php</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="16%" /> <col width="10%" /> <col width="74%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Document type</th> <th class="head">Option</th> <th class="head">Result</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML 1.1</td> <td>xhtml11</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML 1.0 Strict</td> <td>xhtml1-strict</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML 1.0 Transitional</td> <td>xhtml1-trans</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML 1.0 Frameset</td> <td>xhtml1-frame</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML Basic 1.1</td> <td>xhtml-basic11</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.1//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>HTML 5</td> <td>html5</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>HTML 4 Strict</td> <td>html4-strict</td> <td><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>HTML 4 Transitional</td> <td>html4-trans</td> <td><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>HTML 4 Frameset</td> <td>html4-frame</td> <td><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>MathML 1.01</td> <td>mathml1</td> <td><!DOCTYPE math SYSTEM “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml1/mathml.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml1/mathml.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>MathML 2.0</td> <td>mathml2</td> <td><!DOCTYPE math PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD MathML 2.0//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>SVG 1.0</td> <td>svg10</td> <td><!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>SVG 1.1 Full</td> <td>svg11</td> <td><!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>SVG 1.1 Basic</td> <td>svg11-basic</td> <td><!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Basic//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-basic.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-basic.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>SVG 1.1 Tiny</td> <td>svg11-tiny</td> <td><!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Tiny//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML+MathML+SVG (XHTML host)</td> <td>xhtml-math-svg-xh</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd">http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML+MathML+SVG (SVG host)</td> <td>xhtml-math-svg-sh</td> <td><!DOCTYPE svg:svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML+RDFa 1.0</td> <td>xhtml-rdfa-1</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML+RDFa 1.1</td> <td>xhtml-rdfa-2</td> <td><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.1//EN” “<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-2.dtd">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-2.dtd</a>”></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="br"> <code class="descname">br</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$count = 1</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#br" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$count</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Number of times to repeat the tag</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">HTML line break tag</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Generates line break tags (<br />) based on the number you submit. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">br</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above would produce:</p> <div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">br</span> <span class="p">/><</span><span class="nt">br</span> <span class="p">/><</span><span class="nt">br</span> <span class="p">/></span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str_repeat()</span></code> in combination with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><br</span> <span class="pre">/></span></code> instead.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="nbs"> <code class="descname">nbs</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$num = 1</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nbs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$num</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Number of space entities to produce</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">A sequence of non-breaking space HTML entities</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Generates non-breaking spaces (&nbsp;) based on the number you submit. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">nbs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above would produce:</p> <div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="ni">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str_repeat()</span></code> in combination with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&nbsp;</span></code> instead.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="footer navigation"> <a href="inflector_helper.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Inflector Helper">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></span></a> <a href="form_helper.html" class="btn btn-neutral" title="Form Helper"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left"></span> Previous</a> </div> <hr/> <div role="contentinfo"> <p> © Copyright 2014 - 2019, British Columbia Institute of Technology. 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