Html table plugin

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
You are right but I think the better question is when do you need to break up a single array to create a table? And do you show the cell borders in that situation?
The only time i show cell borders is when the table content is database like. If the content are rows of user/friendly content i use zebra stripes and padding to make it easier on the eyes. And i think many people do the same.

5 parameters is enough for a function, i don't like functions with too many parameters if they have different content types. Following is an example on how you can add custom content to empty cells by adding a class

Code:

$columns = 4;
$body = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five');
// why hardcode the additional array items if you have a programming language        
if((count($body) % $columns) != 0)
{
   $array = array_pad($array,(ceil(count($body)/$columns)*$columns),'[EMPTY]');
}

echo table(view_path('table/columns'),$body,'','',$columns);
// table/columns.php
<table>&lt;?php foreach($body as $row): ?&gt;
<tr>&lt;?php $class = ''; foreach($row as $cell):
if($cell == '[EMPTY]'){ $class = ' class="emptyCell"'; $cell = '&nbsp;'; } ?&gt;
<td&lt;?php echo $class ?&gt;>&lt;?php echo $cell ?&gt;</td>&lt;?php endforeach ?&gt;
</tr>&lt;?php endforeach ?&gt;
</table>