Cleaning up White Space

[empiresolutions]

Hello,

I am trying to clean up my "view source" code. Currently, due to the way i format my php/html code, the end viewable source looks really spread out with lots of white space between lines.

Is there a way via CSS or using /n that will clean my code up a little.

I have looked into Code Beautifing programs and am NOT intrested in them.

Thanks.

Example Code

<table width="100%" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="text-align:left;padding:px;font-size:12px;">
    </tr>
 
        <?php
        $x=0;
        /*   get field names in Ranges tab  */
        $_conn2 = db_query("
        Select
        sale_type_field.sale_type_field_name,
        sale_type_field.sale_type_field_value,
        sale_type_field.calc,
        sale_type_field.calc1,
        sale_type_field.calc2
        From
        sale_type_field
        LEFT OUTER JOIN connector_sale_type_field ON sale_type_field.sale_type_field_id = connector_sale_type_field.sale_type_field_id
        Where
        connector_sale_type_field.sale_type_tab_id = 137 AND
        connector_sale_type_field.sale_type_id = 34
        Order By
        connector_sale_type_field.stf_display_order Asc
        ");
        while($conn2 = db_fetch_array($_conn2)){
 
            /*   set underscored version of sale_type_field_name   */
            $sale_type_field_name = implode('_',explode(' ',strtolower($conn2['sale_type_field_name'])));
 
            /*   get sale type field names   */
            if ($_vars['sale_id'] <> '') {
                $_stfv = db_query("
                Select
                sale_type_subdivision.$sale_type_field_name,
                connector_sale.sale_id,
                connector_sale.ref_id
                From
                connector_sale
                LEFT OUTER JOIN sale_type_subdivision ON sale_type_subdivision.sale_type_subdivision_id = connector_sale.ref_id
                Where
                connector_sale.sale_id = '".$_vars['sale_id']."'
                limit 1
                ");
                $stfv = db_fetch_array($_stfv);
                $sale_type_field_value = $stfv[$sale_type_field_name];
            }
 
            /*   if there is no saved value, set to default   */
            if ($stfv[$sale_type_field_name] == "") {
                $sale_type_field_value = $conn2['sale_type_field_value'];
            }
 
            /*   set lot array   */
            $number = "";
            $lot_sales = array('First Lot Sale ','Second Lot Sale ','Third Lot Sale ','Home Sale '); //
 
            /*   set some vars for determining what lot sale it is   */
            if (in_array(substr($conn2['sale_type_field_name'],0,15),$lot_sales)){
                $number = 15;
            }elseif (in_array(substr($conn2['sale_type_field_name'],0,16),$lot_sales)){
                $number = 16;
            }elseif (in_array(substr($conn2['sale_type_field_name'],0,10),$lot_sales)){
                $number = 10;
            }
 
            /*   re-set sale_type_field_name so that proper fielt type is set   */
            $sale_type_field_name2 = $sale_type_field_name;
            $sale_type_field_name = strtolower(substr($sale_type_field_name,$number));
            ?>
 
 
            <?php  /*  if the field a calculation..    */ ?>
            <?php
            if ($conn2['calc'] != "") {
 
                if ($conn2['calc1'] == "") {
                    $conn2['calc1'] = $sale_type_field_name2;
                }else{
                    $_ft = db_query("
                    Select
                    sale_type_field.sale_type_field_name
                    From
                    sale_type_field
                    Where
                    sale_type_field.sale_type_field_id = '".$conn2['calc1']."'
                    limit 1
                    ");
                    $ft = db_fetch_array($_ft);
                    $conn2['calc1'] = implode('_',explode(' ',strtolower($ft['sale_type_field_name'])));
                }
 
                /*   get low hi ave numbers   */
                $_avg = db_query("
                Select
                Count(sale_type_lot_sale.$conn2[calc1]) AS count_$conn2[calc1],
                Sum(sale_type_lot_sale.$conn2[calc1]) AS sum_$conn2[calc1],
                Min(sale_type_lot_sale.$conn2[calc1]) AS min_$conn2[calc1],
                Max(sale_type_lot_sale.$conn2[calc1]) AS max_$conn2[calc1]
                From
                sale_type_lot_sale
                Where
                sale_type_lot_sale.sale_id = '".$_vars['sale_id']."' AND
                sale_type_lot_sale.$conn2[calc1] <> ''
                limit 1
                ");
                $avg = db_fetch_array($_avg);
 
                if ($conn2['calc'] == "lot absorption") {
 
                    /*   total lot count minus   */
                    $absorption = $lot_count['count_lot_nbr'] - $avg['count_'.$conn2['calc1']];
                    $_value = $absorption;
 
                }elseif ($conn2['calc'] == "lot absorb perc") {
 
                    /*   total lot count minus   */
                    $absorption = $avg['count_'.$conn2['calc1']] / $lot_count['count_lot_nbr'];
                    if ($absorption == 1) { $absorption = 100; }else{ $absorption = substr($absorption,0,4); }
                    $_value = $absorption."%";
 
                }elseif ($conn2['calc'] == "lot count") {
 
                    $_value = $avg['count_'.$conn2['calc1']];
 
                }elseif ($conn2['calc'] == "lot low") {
 
                    $_value = $avg['min_'.$conn2['calc1']];
 
                }elseif ($conn2['calc'] == "lot high") {
 
                    $_value = $avg['max_'.$conn2['calc1']];
 
                } ?>
 
                <?php if ($x == 0) { ?><tr><?php } ?>
                <th valign="top" align="right"><?php pv($conn2['sale_type_field_name']); ?>:</td>
                <td valign="top"><?php pv($_value); ?></td>
                <?php if ($x == 2) { $x=0; }else{ $x++; } ?>
 
            <?php } ?>
 
        <?php } ?>
 
        <?php for ($i = 0; $i < 2-$x; $i++) { ?><td></td><?php } ?>
 
    </tr>
</table>
 

Example View Source

<table width="100%" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="text-align:left;padding:px;font-size:12px;">
    </tr>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                <tr>                <th valign="top" align="right">First Lot Sale:</td>
                <td valign="top">2004-09-03</td>
 
 
 
 
 
                                <th valign="top" align="right">No Closed Home Sales:</td>
                <td valign="top">-3</td>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                <th valign="top" align="right">Lots Sold:</td>
                <td valign="top">4</td>
 
 
 
 
 
                <tr>                <th valign="top" align="right">Last Lot Sale:</td>
                <td valign="top">2005-01-19</td>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                <th valign="top" align="right">Lots Left:</td>
                <td valign="top">-4</td>
 
 
 
 
 
                                <th valign="top" align="right">Absob As Of:</td>
                <td valign="top">2005-01-19</td>
 
 
 
 
 
                <tr>                <th valign="top" align="right">Pct Absorb:</td>
                <td valign="top">%</td>
 
 
 
 
 
                                <th valign="top" align="right">Homes Sold:</td>
                <td valign="top">3</td>
 
 
 
 
    </tr>
</table>
 

[Motoma]

There are a number of ways to do this:
Use Templates.
Explicitly echo all HTML(i.e. entire php file is in one large set of <?php ?> brackets).
Don't be such a messy coder.

The first is most preferable, as it separates your user interface from your actual information.
The second takes a little bit of work, and the gains aren't that great for large unique pages.
The third is a horrible solution and should never be considered ;)

[xwero]

you could catch your output in a string and add the line breaks and indentation as hard code.

[PHP]
$output = '';
$output .= '<table>'.chr(10);
$output .= chr(32).chr(32).'<tr>'.chr(10);
[/PHP]

This is a monkey job so maybe a function is more usable

[PHP]
function createLine($html,$indentation = 0){
$output = '';
for($i=0;$i<$indentation;$i++){ $output .= chr(32); }
$output .= $html.chr(10);
return $output;
}

$html = '';
$html .= createLine('<table>');
$html .= createLine('<tr>',2);
[/PHP]


or you can skip this all together and seperate as much php code from your html code and even go the template way.