README

depage-forms is PHP library for HTML form generation with focus on usability. It is part of the upcoming version of depage-cms, but it also works as a standalone library. By abstracting HTML, browser flaws (duplicate form submissions) and form validation, it provides a comfortable way to obtain reliable and validated data from users.

Features

• validation
  • server side
  • client side (jQuery Tools)
  • available for standard input elements
  • customizable with regular expressions
  • basic CSRF protection
• HTML5 form features
  • attributes : placeholder, autofocus, textbox datalists, title, pattern
  • input elements : boolean (checkbox), email, hidden, multiple (checkbox, select list), number, password, range, search, single (radio, select list), tel, text, textarea, url
• richtext element (wysiwyg HTML editor)
• averts form resubmission
• divide forms into ѕeparate parts
• neat return values with appropriate data types
• easy language localisation
• session timeout
• simple creditcard validation (by values)
• unit tested

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.0
• jQuery optional, for client side validation and richtext field)

Introduction

• You can get a basic introduction at: depage-forms: html5 forms made easy (part I)
• How to do Form Validation depage-forms: validation of html5 forms (part II)

Install Using Composer

Get composer at https://getcomposer.org and then just add this to your composer.json.

composer require depage/htmlform

to install the current version of depage-htmlform into your vendor dir.

For more information

• You can fork us at: https://github.com/depage/depage-forms/
• You find the documentation at: https://docs.depage.net/depage-forms/
• For more information about depage-cms go to: http://www.depagecms.net/
• if you want to support with development More info

License (dual)

• GPL2: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
• MIT: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php