Zebra_Form

Zebra_Form is a PHP library that simplifies the process of creating and validating HTML forms. Its object-oriented structure promotes rapid HTML forms development and encourages developers to write clean and easily maintainable code. It frees the developers from the repetitive task of writing the code for validating forms by offering powerful built-in client-side and server-side validation.

Zebra_Form has an integrated cross-site scripting prevention mechanism that automatically strips out potentially malicious code from the submitted data. It also prevents automated SPAM posts, out of the box and without relying on CAPTCHA by using honey pots.

Forms layout can be generated either automatically or manually – using templates. When generated automatically, the generated output validates as HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Strict or HTML5, and has the same look & feel across all major browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer 6+.

It provides all the controls you’d expect in an HTML form and, additionally, date/time pickers, captcha and AJAX-like file upload controls.

The client-side validation is done using jQuery 1.5.2+

Zebra_Form‘s code is heavily commented and generates no warnings/errors/notices when PHP’s error reporting level is set to E_ALL.

Features review

• has an integrated cross-site scripting prevention mechanism that automatically strips out potentially malicious code from the submitted data
• it automatically prevents automated SPAM posts using the “honey pot” technique
• provides both server-side and client-side validation (client-side validation is done using jQuery 1.5.2+)
• forms’ layout can be generated either automatically or manually using templates
• generated output validates as HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Strict or HTML5
• works in all major browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer 6+
• code is heavily commented and generates no warnings/errors/notices when PHP’s error reporting level is set to E_ALL
• has comprehensive documentation