HTML_QuickForm::createElement()

HTML_QuickForm::createElement() -- Creates a new form element of the given type

Synopsis

      require_once 'HTML/QuickForm.php';

object &HTML_QuickForm::createElement ( string $elementType )

Description

Creates a new form element of the given type. This method accepts variable number of parameters, their meaning and count depending on $elementType .

Parameters starting from second will be passed to the element's constructor, consult the docs for the appropriate element to find out which parameters to pass.

Parameter

string $elementType: type of element to create (text, textarea, file...)

Return value

return object, descendant of HTML_QuickForm_element

Throws

Possible PEAR_Error values

Error code	Error message	Reason	Solution
QUICKFORM_UNREGISTERED_ELEMENT	Element '`$element` ' does not exist in HTML_QuickForm::_loadElement()	Tried to create an element of unknown type	Check the type name spelling or use HTML_QuickForm::registerElementType()

Note

since 1.0

This function can be called statically.