public static function createElement($type, $name = null, $attributes = null,
                                         array $data = array())
    {
        $type = strtolower($type);
        if (!isset(self::$elementTypes[$type])) {
            throw new HTML_QuickForm2_InvalidArgumentException("Element type '$type' is not known");
        }
        list($className, $includeFile) = self::$elementTypes[$type];
        if (!class_exists($className)) {
            HTML_QuickForm2_Loader::loadClass($className, $includeFile);
        }
        return new $className($name, $attributes, $data);
    }
public static function createElement($type, $name = null, $attributes = null,
                                         array $data = array())
    {
        $type = strtolower($type);
        if (!isset(self::$elementTypes[$type])) {
            throw new HTML_QuickForm2_InvalidArgumentException("Element type '$type' is not known");
        }
        list($className, $includeFile) = self::$elementTypes[$type];
        if (!class_exists($className)) {
            HTML_QuickForm2_Loader::loadClass($className, $includeFile);
        }
        return new $className($name, $attributes, $data);
    }
public static function createElement ( $ type , $ name = null , $ attributes = null , array $ data = array ( ) ) { $ type = strtolower ( $ type ) ; if ( ! isset ( self :: $ elementTypes [ $ type ] ) ) { throw new HTML_QuickForm2_InvalidArgumentException ( "Element type '$type' is not known" ) ; } list ( $ className , $ includeFile ) = self :: $ elementTypes [ $ type ] ; if ( ! class_exists ( $ className ) ) { HTML_QuickForm2_Loader :: loadClass ( $ className , $ includeFile ) ; } return new $ className ( $ name , $ attributes , $ data ) ; }
Creates a new element object of the given type

@param    string  Type name (treated case-insensitively)
@param    mixed   Element name (passed to element's constructor)
@param    mixed   Element attributes (passed to element's constructor)
@param    array   Element-specific data (passed to element's constructor)
@return   HTML_QuickForm2_Node     A created element
@throws   HTML_QuickForm2_InvalidArgumentException If type name is unknown
@throws   HTML_QuickForm2_NotFoundException If class for the element can
not be found and/or loaded from file
Creates a new element object of the given type