Element Instantiation Question (am I misunderstanding XHP?)

[Chado]

Slightly confused about the syntax for element instantiation.. am I misunderstanding XHP?

Would love to start writing new namespace elements to use as front-end components for quick reuse...

...is this an appropriate use of XHP?

Actual attempt, seems if I echo the element it works, if I embed the element in a broader chunk of html it fails...

ie: http://pastebin.com/JWGseQfN

... do we have any basic examples of the proper way to define and instantiate elements in the broader scope of a front end template? Any source examples of the "right way" to use XHP would be very helpful.

... also, is there a discussion forum anywhere for XHP? Do not want to pollute the github ticketing system.

Thanks everyone,

Chado

[Chado]

Looks like github obfuscated my code...

i've added the desired outcome to this updated pastebin:

http://pastebin.com/XRqpw9CV

[Chado]

Basically, in a sense.. i'm looking to use XHP to help with building FBML mashups... but also, I notice a problem as XHP tries to render the FBML sytanx:

ie: if I render() the following from within an element class:

<fb:friend-selector uid="$uid" name="uid" idname="referrer" prefill_id=""/>

It will try to use XHP to render <fb:friend-selector (expectedly).

Is there a way to get FBML/XHP to play nice?

I thought adding the following might work, but no luck:

protected $tagName = 'fb:friend-slector';

[Chado]

I guess I could theoretically add every fbml element to html.php? I'm hopeful there is another way...?

[laverdet]

So with regards to the pasted code, you should try doing echo $el->__toString() so that you can see what the exception is. Zend has a design flaw where exceptions thrown from a string cast result in a fatal instead of unwinding the stack like they should. If you manually call __toString() you can see what the exception is and correct it.

With regards to FBML you will have to define them all yourself. Check out php-lib/html.php -- we define each and every HTML element you can use, including attributes and children. XHP has no idea what you want to render until you tell it what to do.