diff --git a/phpxpress/phpxpress/table.php b/phpxpress/phpxpress/table.php
index e297ea3..41ab754 100644
--- a/phpxpress/phpxpress/table.php
+++ b/phpxpress/phpxpress/table.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
// Structure
private $dataSource;
private $columnCaptions;
+ private $invisible_columns;
// Events
private $onValueDisplayingFunctionName;
@@ -35,9 +36,37 @@
echo "
";
+ /*
+ **
+ ** management of invisible columns.
+ **
+ ** $this->invisible_columns is an array containing the name
+ ** of the key values of the array/object not to be displayed.
+ **
+ ** $invisible_column_captions is an array holding the column
+ ** captions of the columns to be removed.
+ */
+ if(!empty($this->invisible_columns)){
+ if(is_array($this->dataSource[0])){
+ $array_keys = array_keys($this -> dataSource[0]);
+ }
+ else{
+ $array_keys = array_keys(get_object_vars($this -> dataSource[0]));
+ }
+
+ $invisible_columns_captions = array();
+ foreach($this->invisible_columns as $invisible_column_name){
+ $column_index = array_search($invisible_column_name, $array_keys);
+ array_push($invisible_columns_captions, $this->columnCaptions[$column_index]);
+ }
+ }
+
// Print head
echo '';
foreach($this->columnCaptions as $caption){
+ if( isset($invisible_columns_captions) && in_array($caption, $invisible_columns_captions))
+ continue;
+
echo '' . $caption . ' | ';
}
echo '
';
@@ -48,6 +77,10 @@
echo '';
foreach ($obj as $name => $value) {
+ if(!empty($this->invisible_columns) && in_array($name, $this->invisible_columns)){
+ continue;
+ }
+
if(isset( $this -> onValueDisplayingFunctionName)){
call_user_func_array($this -> onValueDisplayingFunctionName , array($name, &$value, (array)$obj));
}
@@ -164,6 +197,38 @@
}
}
+ /*
+ ** Expected $column_name: the key of the column to remove.
+ **
+ ** Making a column invisible, rather than removing it from the datasource, might
+ ** be useful in those circumstances where a value is needed in the datasource
+ ** or in the onValueDisplaying, without actually removing it.
+ **
+ */
+ function invisible_column($column_name){
+
+ if(is_array($this->dataSource[0])){
+ $array_keys = array_keys($this -> dataSource[0]);
+ }
+ else{
+ $array_keys = array_keys(get_object_vars($this -> dataSource[0]));
+ }
+
+ if(!in_array($column_name, $array_keys)){
+ throw new InvalidArgumentException("The provided column $column_name is not present in the datasource's column keys");
+ }
+
+ if(isset($this->invisible_columns)){
+ if(in_array($column_name, $this->invisible_columns))
+ throw new InvalidArgumentException("The provided column $column_name is already invisible");
+
+ array_push($this->invisible_columns, $column_name);
+ }
+ else{
+ $this->invisible_columns = array($column_name);
+ }
+ }
+
/*
** The Event "onValueDisplaying" gets fired just before the displaying of a value within
** a table body, so you can display your own value.