Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED.nibelheim.ninehells.com!not-for-mail From: "Peter H. Coffin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: PHP form generator Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 20:01:38 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <2ca7c5bc-d7fb-4c55-a12d-129510dd2fd3@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="nibelheim.ninehells.com:206.71.179.92"; logging-data="21623"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (OpenBSD) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:9678 On Mon, 27 May 2013 15:34:07 -0700 (PDT), Charles wrote: > The database backend is second nature. I can create the tables and > normalize them at the same time, and the interrelationship should be > quite valid. > > What I'd like to find is use a software package that will retrieve the > table structure and create both a generic input form in HTML, as well > as the corresponding PHP script to go with it, for that table. That > way, I can start cutting and pasting blocks of code instead of having > to write it character by character, line by line. This is the kind of thing for which Ruby on Rails was designed for. It is, however, not covered by this group, so I can't recommend more than read up some, and find an accomodating Ruby venue. I got only so far as a couple of experiments and concluding "Wow, this is pretty nifty if I ever need to roll up entry pages in ten minutes." So I'm not even a good resource either. -- 22. No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head. --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord