Benjamin Eberlei wrote:
when you want to seperate design and programming with zend form you can remove all markup decorators from the elements and just place them with <?= $form-element1; ?> i think (or was it <?= $form->getElement('element1'); ?>).designers can then build the markup while the programmers just build forms that dont have markup decorators (like htmltag, label, dd/dt).
Of course the downside with that approach is that if you add a new element to your form, you have to inform the design team and ensure they add that element in.
IMO it's probably better to establish a solid structural decoration plan of your forms and try not to vary that. The developers work with it from a structural perspective and the designers work with it from a CSS/styling perspective.
If you have to change it, then do the whole "let's actually talk/share information" thing between the two teams.
I think that is a more efficient approach than the more verbose way of essentially replicating knowledge of what the form contains on both logic and view sides of the fence.
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