diff --git a/public_html/deployment/classes/htmlelements.class.php b/public_html/deployment/classes/htmlelements.class.php
index 0296b1783d125690e684151780a94bbe082b9499..f9bedefeeab73713b533249d9be2e1afcf29c4a1 100755
--- a/public_html/deployment/classes/htmlelements.class.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/classes/htmlelements.class.php
@@ -15,27 +15,32 @@
  *    - icon  - will be added as <i class="[icon value]"></i> to the label
  * 
  * @author Axel
+ * 
+ * 2024-08-23  v1.1  Axel Hahn  php8 only; added variable types; short array syntax; remove unneeded methods
  */
-class htmlelements {
+class htmlelements
+{
 
     /**
-     * set of auto generated icon prefixes
-     * @var type 
+     * Extracted label from array with attributes
+     * @var string
      */
-    var $_aIcons=array(
-            // 'fa-'=>'fa ',
-        );
-    
     var $_sLabel = '';
-    var $_aAttributes = array();
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Array of attributes for a html tag
+     * @var array
+     */
+    var $_aAttributes = [];
+
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // CONSTRUCTOR
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    
-    public function __construct() {
-        return true;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        // nothiung here
     }
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -43,27 +48,28 @@ class htmlelements {
     // PRIVATE FUNCTIONS 
     // 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    
-    
+
+
     /**
      * generate html attibutes with all internal attributes key -> values
+     * to be added in opening tag
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function _addAttributes() {
+    protected function _addAttributes(): string
+    {
         $sReturn = '';
         foreach ($this->_aAttributes as $sAttr => $sValue) {
-            if(is_array($sValue)){
-                echo "ERROR: an html tag was defined with array in attribute [$sAttr]:<br><pre>".print_r($this->_aAttributes, 1)."</pre>";
+            if (is_array($sValue)) {
+                echo "ERROR: an html tag was defined with array in attribute [$sAttr]:<br><pre>" . print_r($this->_aAttributes, 1) . "</pre>";
             }
-            $sReturn .= ' '.$sAttr . '="' . $sValue . '"';
-            
+            $sReturn .= " $sAttr=\"$sValue\"";
         }
         return $sReturn;
     }
-    
-    
+
+
     /**
-     * internal helper: fetch all attributes from key-value hash; 
+     * Internal helper: fetch all attributes from key-value hash; 
      * Specialties here:
      * - label will be extracted from key 'label' 
      * - and optional existing key 'icon' will be added at beginning of a label
@@ -71,17 +77,18 @@ class htmlelements {
      * @param array $aAttributes
      * @return boolean
      */
-    protected function _setAttributes($aAttributes){
-        $this->_sLabel='';
-        if(isset($aAttributes['icon']) && $aAttributes['icon']){
-            $this->_sLabel.=$this->getIcon($aAttributes['icon']);
+    protected function _setAttributes(array $aAttributes): bool
+    {
+        $this->_sLabel = '';
+        if (isset($aAttributes['icon']) && $aAttributes['icon']) {
+            $this->_sLabel .= $this->getIcon($aAttributes['icon']);
             unset($aAttributes['icon']);
         }
-        if(isset($aAttributes['label']) && $aAttributes['label']){
+        if (isset($aAttributes['label']) && $aAttributes['label']) {
             $this->_sLabel .= $aAttributes['label'];
             unset($aAttributes['label']);
         }
-        $this->_aAttributes=$aAttributes;
+        $this->_aAttributes = $aAttributes;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -91,21 +98,22 @@ class htmlelements {
     // HTML GENERIC
     // 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    
+
     /**
-     * generic function to get html code for a single tag 
+     * Generic function to get html code for a single tag 
      * 
      * @param string   $sTag          tag name
      * @param array    $aAttributes   array with attributes (optional including 'icon' and 'label')
      * @param boolean  $bCloseTag     optional: set false if tag has no closing tag (= ending with "/>")
-     * @return type
+     * @return string html code
      */
-    public function getTag($sTag, $aAttributes, $bCloseTag=true){
+    public function getTag(string $sTag, array $aAttributes, bool $bCloseTag = true): string
+    {
         $sTpl = $bCloseTag ? "<$sTag%s>%s</$sTag>" : "<$sTag %s/>%s";
         $this->_setAttributes($aAttributes);
         return sprintf($sTpl, $this->_addAttributes(), $this->_sLabel);
     }
-    
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // 
     // PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
@@ -114,109 +122,22 @@ class htmlelements {
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**
-     * helper detect prefix of a string add prefix of a framework
+     * Helper detect prefix of a string add prefix of a framework
      * i.e. value "fa-close" detects font awesome and adds "fa " as prefix
      * 
      * @param string $sIconclass
-     * @return boolean
+     * @return string HTML code
      */
-    public function getIcon($sIconclass=false){
-        if(!$sIconclass){
+    public function getIcon(string $sIconclass = ''): string
+    {
+        if (!$sIconclass) {
             return '';
         }
-        $sPrefix='';
-        foreach ($this->_aIcons as $sPrefix =>$add) {
-            if (strpos($sIconclass, $sPrefix)===0){
-                $sPrefix=$add;
-                continue;
-            }
-        }
-        // do not use this .. it overrides internal attribute vars
-        // return $this->getTag('i', array('class'=>$sPrefix.$sIconclass));
-        return '<i class="'.$sPrefix.$sIconclass.'"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
-    }
-   
-
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // 
-    // PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
-    // HTML COMPONENTS
-    // 
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    /**
-     * get html code for an input field
-     * 
-     * @param array $aAttributes  attributes of the select tag
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getFormInput($aAttributes){
-        $sTpl = '<input %s/>';
-        $this->_setAttributes($aAttributes);
-        return sprintf($sTpl, $this->_addAttributes());
-    }
-    /**
-     * get html code for an option field in a select drop down
-     * 
-     * @param array $aAttributes  attributes of the option tag
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getFormOption($aAttributes){
-        $sTpl = '<option %s>%s</option>';
-        $this->_setAttributes($aAttributes);
-        return sprintf($sTpl, $this->_addAttributes(), $this->_sLabel);
-    }
-    /**
-     * get html code for a select drop down
-     * 
-     * @param array $aAttributes  attributes of the select tag
-     * @param array $aOptions     array for all option fields
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getFormSelect($aAttributes, $aOptions=array()){
-        // $sTpl = '<select %s>%s</select>';
+        // do not use this .. it overrides internal attribute vars
+        // return $this->getTag('i', ['class'=>$sIconclass]);
 
-        if(!count($aOptions)){
-            return false;
-        }
-        $sOptions='';
-        foreach($aOptions as $aOptionAttributes){
-            // $sOptions.=$this->getFormOption($aOptionAttributes);
-            $sOptions.=$this->getTag('option', $aOptionAttributes);
-        }
-        $aAttributes['label']=$sOptions;
-        return $this->getTag('select', $aAttributes);
-        /*
-        $this->_setAttributes($aAttributes);
-        return sprintf($sTpl, $this->_addAttributes(), $sOptions);
-         * 
-         */
+        return "<i class=\"$sIconclass\"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
     }
 
-    public function getTable($aHead, $aBody, $aTableAttributes=array()){
-        $sReturn='';
-        $sTdata='';
-        $sThead='';
-        $sTpl = '<table %s>'
-                . '<thead><tr>%s</tr></thead>'
-                . '<tbody>%s</tbody>'
-                . '</table>';
-        
-        foreach($aHead as $sTh){
-            $sThead.='<th>'.$sTh.'</th>';
-        }
-        foreach($aBody as $aTr){
-            $sTdata.='<tr>';
-            foreach($aTr as $sTd){
-                $sTdata.='<td>'.$sTd.'</td>';
-            }
-            $sTdata.='</tr>';
-        }
-        $this->_setAttributes($aTableAttributes);
-        return sprintf($sTpl, 
-                $this->_addAttributes(), 
-                $sThead,
-                $sTdata
-                );
-    }
 }