codeigniter avoiding html div's - php

Question

Is there a proper syntax to avoid div's in codeigniter?
I don't really like opening and closing tags all the time...
<div class="theForm">
<?php
echo form_open('edit/links');//this form uploads
echo "Enter the Name: ". form_input('name','name');
echo "Enter the Link: ". form_input('url','url');
echo " ".form_submit('submit', 'Submit');
echo form_close();
if (isset($linksQuery) && count($linksQuery)){
foreach($linksQuery as $link){
echo anchor($link['link'], $link['name'].".", array("class" => "links"));
echo form_open('edit/links',array('class' => 'deleteForm'));
echo form_hidden('name',$link['name']);
echo " ".form_submit('delete','Delete');
echo form_close();
echo br(2);
}
}
?>
</div>

Answer 1

You could write a small helper like this:
<?php
function div_open($class = NULL, $id = NULL)
{
$code = '<div ';
$code .= ( $class != NULL ) ? 'class="'. $class .'" ' : '';
$code .= ( $id != NULL ) ? 'id="'. $id .'" ' : '';
$code .= '>';
return $code;
}
function div_close()
{
return '</div>';
}
echo div_open('some_class', 'some_id');
echo 'some content...';
echo div_close();
?>
will produce:
<div class="some_class" id="some_id" >some content...</div>