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Showing tabular data in a table seems fairly straightforward, but when the tables are part of a web application, customization is often required. For example, you might want to display a list of member information in a tabular format, customizing one column to display members’ avatar thumbnails.
The Structures_DataGrid class allows you to specify formatter function callbacks to customize the data shown in a table. In this solution, we’ll add customized columns for the members’ names and avatars. Make sure you check out “How do I display data in a sortable table?” in this chapter to make sure you have everything on the list of required PEAR packages.
The first step is to include the required PHP files:
dbcred.php contains the database login credentials for use with our Structures_DataGrid object. The file contains credentials relevant to our testing environment, so be sure to change them should you wish to try this on your own web server. Structures/DataGrid.php is required to create our Structures_DataGrid object.
Next, we define some custom callback functions, getName, and getThumbnail:
The Structures_DataGrid class allows you to specify formatter function callbacks to customize the data shown in a table. In this solution, we’ll add customized columns for the members’ names and avatars. Make sure you check out “How do I display data in a sortable table?” in this chapter to make sure you have everything on the list of required PEAR packages.
The first step is to include the required PHP files:
dbcred.php contains the database login credentials for use with our Structures_DataGrid object. The file contains credentials relevant to our testing environment, so be sure to change them should you wish to try this on your own web server. Structures/DataGrid.php is required to create our Structures_DataGrid object.
Next, we define some custom callback functions, getName, and getThumbnail: