Defining the displayInsertForm() method - PHP

As I explained in the previous section, the next few lines will be entirely focused on showing how to create a new class method for displaying the respective online form where users can add new blog entries that will be shown on the application's main page.

Given that, here is the definition of this useful method, which I named "displayInsertForm()." Its signature is as follows:

// display insertion form
private function displayInsertForm(){
            $output=<<<EOD
<div class="dataform">
<h2>Insert New Blog</h2>
<form action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]" method="post" id="insertform">
<p>Title:</p><p><input type="text" name="title"
class="datafield" /></p>
<p>Author:</p><p><input type="text" name="author"
class="datafield" /></p>
<p>Type your content below</p><p><textarea
name="content"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="insertblog" value="Insert
Blog" /></p>
</form>
</div>
EOD;
            return $output;  
}

In this case, the method listed above is simply tasked with rendering an input form which contains the typical boxes for entering basic blog data, such as the blog's title, author and content.

As you can see, there's nothing unexpected concerning the previous method, so let's move on and see another one. This method will be aimed at displaying the respective online form that allows the updating of a particular blog entry.

The topic sounds really interesting, right? Therefore, go ahead and jump into the following section. I'll be there, waiting for you.