[fw-general] Zend_Form and arrays

[Krzysztof Szatanik]

Hi

   I have some issues with Zend_Form and getting values as arrays.
   For example - i have 2 elements - e1 and e2 and i want them as array 
(arr):
Something like this:

   [arr] => Array
       (
           [e1] => val1
           [e2] => val2
       )


   Closest form design i can get is this code:

       $form = new Zend_Form();
      
       $form->addElement( 'text', 'e1', array(
           'belongsTo' => 'arr',
           'label'     => 'e1',
       ));
      
       $form->addElement( 'text', 'e2', array(
           'belongsTo' => 'arr',
           'label'     => 'e2',
       ));
      
       $form->addElement( 'submit', 'submit', array());
      
      
       $form->setDefaults($this->getRequest()->getParams());
      
       echo '<pre>Form values: '; print_r( $form->getValues() ); echo 
'</pre>';
       echo '<pre>Request params: '; print_r( 
$this->getRequest()->getParams() ); echo '</pre>';
      
       echo $form;

   But, there is still huge problem: Sample output:

Form values: Array
(
   [e1] => 
   [e2] => 
   [submit] => submit
)

Request params: Array
(
   [controller] => test
   [action] => index
   [module] => default
   [arr] => Array
       (
           [e1] => val1
           [e2] => val2
       )

   [submit] => submit
)

As you can see even if i get form values in request as i wanted, they 
aren't recognized by Zend_Form. Output of $form->getValues() is 
different from expected, and even fields aren't recognized, so i can use 
Zend_Form only to generate HTML form but not to filter and validate 
submited form.

I tried in many ways using different combination of isArray, belongsTo, 
name and nothing works...

Any solutions to this problem that i can still use Zend_Form booth to 
generate form and then to filter/validate submitted data?

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Best Regards,
KS