<?php
/**
* Create an element
*/
class Element 
{
	private $type;
	private $unaryTagArray = array('input', 'img', 'hr', 'br', 'meta', 'link');
	private $attributeArray;
	private $innerHtml;
	
	/**
	* Constructor
	*
	* @param <type> $type
	* @param <type> $attributeArray
	* @param <type> $unaryTagArray
	*/
	public function __construct($type, $attributeArray = array()) 
	{
		$this->type = strtolower($type);
		foreach($attributeArray as $attribute => $value) {
			$this->setAttribute($attribute, $value);
		}
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Get one of the element's attributes
	*
	* @param <type> $attribute
	* @return <type>
	*/
	public function getAttribute($attribute) 
	{
		return $this->attributeArray[$attribute];
	}
	
	/**
	* Set an array, can pass an array or a key, value combination
	*
	* @param <type> $attribute
	* @param <type> $value
	*/
	function setAttribute($attribute, $value = "") 
	{
		if(!is_array($attribute)) {
			$this->attributeArray[$attribute] = $value;
		}
		else {
			$this->attributeArray = array_merge($this->attributeArray, $attribute);
		}
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Remove an attribute from an element
	*
	* @param <type> $attribute
	*/
	function removeAttribute($attribute) 
	{
		if(isset($this->attributeArray[$attribute])) {
			unset($this->attributeArray[$attribute]);
		}
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Clear all of the element's attributes
	*/
	function clearAttributes() {
		$this->attributeArray = array();
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Insert an element into the current element
	*
	* @param <type> $object
	*/
	function insert($object) 
	{
		if(@get_class($object) == __class__) {
			$this->innerHtml .= $object->build();
		}
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Set the innerHtml of an element
	*
	* @param <type> $object
	* @return <type>
	*/
	function update($object) 
	{
		$this->innerHtml = $object;
		return $this;
	}
	
	/**
	* Builds the element
	*
	* @return <type>
	*/
	function build() 
	{
		// Start the tag
		$element = "<".$this->type;
		// Add attributes
		if(count($this->attributeArray)) {
			foreach($this->attributeArray as $key => $value) {
				$element .= " ".$key."=\"".$value."\"";
			}
		}
		// Close the element
		if(!in_array($this->type, $this->unaryTagArray)) {
			$element.= ">\n".$this->innerHtml."\n</".$this->type.">\n";
		}
		else {
			$element.= " />\n";
		}
		return $element;
	}
	
	/**
	* Echoes out the element
	*
	* @return <type>
	*/
	function __toString() 
	{
		return $this->build();
	}
}

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