Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
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RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brandags
> Wait - but don't I still need to send the validation rules,
> etc. to the
> view? Can you change what parameters are sent to the
> startup() function?
Well, here is your init function:
function init($validations=null, $data=null)
{
$formData = array('validations' => $validations, 'data'=>$data);
$this->controller->set('formData', $formData);
}
And you are calling it like this:
function beforeFilter()
{
$this->Myform->controller = &$this;
$this->Myform->init($this->User->validate, $this->data);
}
So you should be able to do this:
// seemed to work with preliminary testing...
function startup( &$controller )
{
$validations = array() ;
foreach( $controller->modelNames as $model )
{
$validations += $controller->$model->validate ;
}
$this->controller = $controller ;
$this->controller->set( 'formData', array(
'validations' => $validations,
'data' => $this->controller->data ) ) ;
}
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
Wait - but don't I still need to send the validation rules, etc. to the view? Can you change what parameters are sent to the startup() function? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
Oh, that's very nice! I was wondering if there was something like that. Thanks for letting me know. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brandags
> It extends Cake's Form helper and also takes the validation from the
> model (using the advanced validation method - multiple rules
> per field)
> so you don't have to retype the validation messages or which
> fields are
> required, in your view.
I like the idea of getting validation errors from the model.
One thing I noticed with your component code is the init() --
Components have a startup method that is called automatically with the
controller as the param:
(From the wiki)
function startup(&$controller)
{
// This method takes a reference to the controller which is loading
it.
// Perform controller initialization here.
}
So you don't need to call anything in your beforeFilter; you can just put
your initialization code here.
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
I've also been working on a similar form helper. I just uploaded it at: http://cakeforge.org/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=75 It extends Cake's Form helper and also takes the validation from the model (using the advanced validation method - multiple rules per field) so you don't have to retype the validation messages or which fields are required, in your view. It's still a work in progress and requires a few other components (the advanced validator, and error helper), but maybe we can learn from each other and get a really good form helper out there. I'm all for as little typing as possible! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RosSoft > I repeat, use $value=$this->Html->tagValue($fieldName) for maximum > compatibility Thanks for the pointer. I actually ended up copying the HtmlHelper code into FormationHelper and modifying it, because tagValue was calling h() (AKA htmlspecialchars() ) on the value, which escapes HTML entities. Since I am using my database to store HTML text, that's not what I wanted. But the latest version of my posted code supports both $this->params['data'] and $this->data. Regards, Ryan --- Ryan Ginstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ginstrom.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
be careful, you're only using $this->data at helper, but it only works if you put $this->data in controller. There's two ways at controller to set the data, $this->data or $this->params['data']. You must check these two at your helper for ensure compatibility to all the users (if this is what you want). I repeat, use $value=$this->Html->tagValue($fieldName) for maximum compatibility --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RosSoft
> You don't need to pass $data to the helpers: see the blog
> tutorial edit
> action:
OK, I have been enlightened. Thanks! Thanks to you, I've improved my
component and cleaned up my controllers as well. Open source at its best.
So the example code now stands at:
beginForm( $html->url('/posts/add') ) ; ?>
Edit Post
hidden( 'Post/id' ) ; ?>
inputLabel( 'Post/title', true ) ; ?>
richLabel( 'Post/body', true ) ; ?>
endForm() ; ?>
// ===
Would still like a way to edit the descriptions, though...
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
You don't need to pass $data to the helpers: see the blog tutorial edit
action:
function edit($id = null)
{
if (empty($this->data))
{
$this->Post->id = $id;
$this->data = $this->Post->read();
}
else
{
if ($this->Post->save($this->data['Post']))
{
$this->flash('Your post has been updated.','/posts');
}
}
}
You always have $this->data at controller, then in your helper
(including the html helper) you can do
$value=$this->Html->tagValue($fieldname)
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RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RosSoft
> If you use $this->params['data']=$data at your controller, then in the
> helper is accessible through $this->params['data']
>
> If you use $this->data at your controller, then in the helper
> $this->data
I've been doing:
$this->set( 'data', $this->Post->findById( $id ) ) ;
That's the way it is in the Blog tutorial:
http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/18
At any rate, I changed the helper so that you only need to pass in $data in
the call to $formation->beginForm() ;
That seems like a fairly painless middle ground, don't you think?
So the revised example is:
beginForm( "/speakers/edit/{$data['Speaker']['id']}", $data
) ; ?>
Edit Speaker
hidden( 'Speaker/id' ) ; ?>
inputLabel( 'Speaker/name', true ) ; ?>
habtmLabel( 'Presentation', $presentations, false )
; ?>
inputLabel( 'Speaker/email1', true ) ; ?>
inputLabel( 'Speaker/email2', false ) ; ?>
inputLabel( 'Speaker/url', false ) ; ?>
richLabel( 'Speaker/bio', false ) ; ?>
endForm() ; ?>
/ ==
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
Ok now I'm documented.
If you use $this->params['data']=$data at your controller, then in the
helper is accessible through $this->params['data']
If you use $this->data at your controller, then in the helper
$this->data
The correct way is to check where is the data. From HtmlHelper:
function tagValue($fieldName) {
$this->setFormTag($fieldName);
if (isset($this->params['data'][$this->model][$this->field])) {
return
h($this->params['data'][$this->model][$this->field]);
} elseif(isset($this->data[$this->model][$this->field])) {
return h($this->data[$this->model][$this->field]);
}
return false;
}
You can use HtmlHelper in your own helper, and doing
$value=$this->Html->tagValue($fieldName) you will get the correct value
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
mmm..but I think that $this->params['data']=$data; is "standard", see
first blog tutorial of wiki,
edit() action:
http://wiki.cakephp.org/tutorials:blog_tutorial_-_1?s=params+data
function edit($id=null)
{
if (empty($this->params['data']))
{
$this->Post->id = $id;
$this->params['data'] = $this->Post->read();
$this->render();
}
else
{
if ( $this->Post->save($this->params['data']['Post']))
{
$this->flash('Your post has been updated.','/posts');
}
}
}
In newer versions of cake, $this->data at controller is used instead, I
think that $this->data doesn't work in this case
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Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
I think that you must do $this->set('data',$data) at controller (it's
standard)
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RE: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RosSoft > Looks promising, Thanks! > I think that you can avoid $data parameter, it must be accessible in > the helper through $this->params['data'] > (because HtmlHelper needs it) That's a good idea, and would definitely clean up the function calls. But it seems that in order to make the data available in the params, I'd have to explicitly set $this->params['data'] = $data ; in the controller. If I don't do that, all params gives me is the controller name, action name, url, etc. And that would harm the simplicity of use as a drop-in module, don't you think? Or is there another way? -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Uploaded Form Helper: FormationHelper
Looks promising, I think that you can avoid $data parameter, it must be accessible in the helper through $this->params['data'] (because HtmlHelper needs it) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
