Add tag function to format markup

[ryanve]

Related to #23236 I'd like to add a generic function for making html tags:

wp_tag( $tagname, $attrs, $inner_html ) // returns an html tag
wp_tag_e( $tagname, $attrs, $inner_html ) // echoes an html tag

$attrs could be an array|string, and the tag should only close if $inner_html is defined, like tag() in ​phat.

[ev3rywh3re]

I'm always trying to get a good simple HTML writing function. Never mind the debate about when it's useful since PHP is already this funky parsing sort-of template language. When doing complex HTML structures with bizarre data a simple tag writing function is helpful.

My pocket-knife-style function I've carried around for years helps me fine, but I'd love to see something cool and mindful of the WordPress nature of actions, filters, and brevity. ;)

​https://gist.github.com/4573482

Been so busy for quite a while, so I'm actually surprised this sort of thing hasn't happened yet.

[scribu]

I also have such an utility; it's called html():

​https://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework/blob/r57/Util.php#L143-178

Usage: ​https://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework/wiki/html()

[ryanve]

@ev3rywh3re @scribu Thanks—I'm gonna work on a version that takes the best ideas from all of em. #23236 should handle the attributes argument, and that's the hardest part. I'm on the fence about whether a hook is needed within wp_tag().

[ryanve]

This ticket is dependent on #23236. I added ​wphat.php in the ​phat repo called where I'm working on these. The syntax wp_tag($tagname, $attrs, $inner) described above is ideal IMO. A closing tag is added when $inner is not null. Do we need to provide a syntax for auto-closing XHTML self-closing tags? If needed I think one of these syntaxes could work:

wp_tag('img/', $attrs) reads better
wp_tag('img', $attrs, true) makes secondary use of the $inner param

[DrewAPicture]

This ticket was dependent on #23236 (wontfixed) and there's been no other show of interest in the last 17 months. Closing as wontfix.