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(1 0);
$output .= chr(32).chr(32) .'<tr>'.chr(10) ;
[/PHP]

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

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

$html = '';
$html .= createLine('<ta ble>');
$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.