Applying code snippets automatically

Hi Dave,

Sorry for the delay.

I'm using Dreamweaver CS3.

I’ve gotten into the habit of including tests for blank fields and spaces in my text based fields,

<?php if ($record['my_field'] && !ctype_space($record[''my_field'])): ?>
or
<?php if ($my_tableRecord['my_field'] && !ctype_space($my_tableRecord[''my_field'])): ?>

similar tests for date fields,

<?php if ($record['my_date_field'] && $record['my_date_field'] != '0000-00-00 00:00:00'): ?>
or
<?php if ($my_tableRecord['my_date_field'] && $my_tableRecord['my_date_field'] != '0000-00-00 00:00:00'): ?>

and a similar test for blank upload fields

<?php if ($my_tableRecord['my_image_field']): ?>

as well as an http:// test for all fields that contain a URL (I’ve reserved the field name characters _url_ , _url , and url_ for fields that actually contain a URL)

<?php if (!preg_match("/^http:\/\//", $record['my_url_field'])) {
$record['my_url_field'] = "http://" . $record['my_url_field']; } ?>
or
<?php if (!preg_match("/^http:\/\//", $my_tableRecord['my_url_field'])) {
$my_tableRecord['my_url_field'] = "http://" . $my_tableRecord['my_url_field']; } ?>

These are the ones that are universal (for me anyway).

I'm not sure what the downsides would be if they were automatically generated, but I'm sure I'm missing something in the way others work.

Hope that helps clarify my thoughts.

Best,

Jerry