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Projax: PHP Generators for Prototype and Script.aculo.us

Projax is a port of the Rails helpers that wrap the JavaScript required for Prototype and Script.aculo.us code from Ruby, to PHP classes. Getting Started

$projax = new Projax();Please enter your year of birth : <?=$projax->text_field_with_auto_complete('dob',null,array('url'=>'index.php?task=ajax'));?> for($i=1900;$i<2006;$i++)$ret_val.=(strstr($i,$_POST['dob']))?'<li>'.$i.'</li>':''; echo '<ul>'.$ret_val.'</ul>';

The User Guide details the available functions: JavaScript Helpers

button_to_function($name,$function=null)
link_to_function($name,$function,$html_options=null)
tag($content)
escape($javascript)

Prototype Helpers

evaluate_remote_response()
form_remote_tag($options)
link_to_remote($name,$function,$html_options=null)
observe_field($field_id,$options =null)
observe_form($form,$options=null)
periodically_call_remote($options=null)
remote_function($options)
submit_to_remote($name,$value,$options=null)
dump($javascript)
ID($id,$extend=null)
alert($message)
assign($variable,$value)
...

Script.aculo.us Helpers

dragable_element($element_id,$options=null)
drop_receiving_element($element_id,$options=null)
sortable_element($element_id,$options=null)
visual_effect($name,$element_id=false,$js_options=null)
auto_complete_field($field_id,$options=null)
in_place_editor($field_id,$options=null)

Some of these look a tad overkill? :)

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