The modern DOM API for PHP 7 projects
Built on top of PHP's native DOMDocument, this project provides access to modern DOM APIs, as you would expect working with client-side code in the browser.
Performing DOM manipulation in your server-side code enhances the way dynamic pages can be built. Utilising a standardised object-oriented interface means the page can be ready-processed, benefitting browsers, webservers and content delivery networks.
Consider a page with a form, with an input element to enter your name. When the form is submitted, the page should greet you by your name.
This is a simple example of how source HTML files can be treated as templates.This can easily be applied to more advanced template pages to provide dynamic content, without requiring non-standard techniques such as {{curly braces}} for placeholders, or echo '<div class='easy-mistake'>' . $content['opa'] . '</div>' horrible HTML construction from within PHP.
<!doctype html>
<h1>
Hello,
<span id="your-name">you</span>
</h1>
<form>
<input name="name" placeholder="Your name, please" required />
<button>Submit</button>
</form><?php
if(isset($_GET["name"])) {
$document = new \phpgt\dom\Document(file_get_contents("page.html"));
$document->getElementById("your-name")->textContent = $_GET["name"];
}TODO: Animated GIF of this in action.
TODO: List out DOM features with brief description.