Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 23, 3:20 pm, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Store fields name and type in db, and use $form->inputs( $arrayOfFields ); As far as I have seen this, it's not that easy. Similar idea would work with PEAR QuickForm, but cake's validations are tied up with model and input field type creations are tied up with view helpers. So, for now, I'm thinking of writing a dynamic validation behavior and another form helper inheriting core's form helper. Not still sure that it gonna help. -- Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog:http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
Store fields name and type in db, and use $form->inputs( $arrayOfFields ); On Jan 23, 2008 7:12 AM, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2:10 pm, cakeFreak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did the following while working on a dynamic questionnaires > > generation system. > > > I think, you've misunderstood my question. This is not about > multiple form inputs nor about DOM append. > > Post RoR saga, many clients have shifted their interests from CMS > to UIMS so that they can customize the UI especially forms. Majority > of the requirement is to add/remove form fields by admin in signup > page. > > -- > > Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog:http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 21, 2:10 pm, cakeFreak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did the following while working on a dynamic questionnaires > generation system. I think, you've misunderstood my question. This is not about multiple form inputs nor about DOM append. Post RoR saga, many clients have shifted their interests from CMS to UIMS so that they can customize the UI especially forms. Majority of the requirement is to add/remove form fields by admin in signup page. -- Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog:http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
I did the following while working on a dynamic questionnaires generation system. 1 Questionnaire hasMany Questions 1 Question has Many options (for multiple answers) --- ANSWERS -- 1 Questionnaire hasMany AnswersMain 1 AnswerMain hasMany Answers AnswerMain has: - id - questionnaire_id - user_id Answers has: - id - answermain_id - question_id - user_id To create the questionnaire I used Javascript (jQuery) to dynamically generate the several options fields for a question Dan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
I did the following while working on a dynamic questionnaires generation system. 1 Questionnaire hasMany Questions 1 Question has Many options (for multiple answers) --- ANSWERS -- 1 Questionnaire hasMany AnswersMain 1 AnswerMain hasMany Answers AnswerMain has: - id - questionnaire_id - user_id Answers has: - id - answermain_id - question_id - user_id To create the questionnaire I used Javascript (jQuery) to dynamically generate the several options fields for a question Dan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 20, 8:10 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decomposed each form element in "form element" linked to a model and > a controller (for example, all forms have a similar > "client_identification" part that is linked to the client controller > and model). Another example is a "donation_info" form element that is > linked to the donation model and controller. So it's a not a fully > customizable dynamic form creator, the form must be "assembled" out of > pre defined elements and they can also add some custom fields. Many thanks for sharing your ideas. Before starting this thread, I had 2 ideas: 1. Create model files and DB tables dynamically 2. Keep the form configurations in a DB table and handle them I felt that both of the approaches are inefficient/unintelligent and so posted this question. After googling a lot, I just seem to get some solutions/works in Django (still not sure) and I'm yet to look at those closely to see if they're efficient. Thanks again for sharing the ideas. -- Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog:http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
I'm currently working on an "in between" solution. It's for a big hospital foundation. They need different forms for online donations, subscription to activities, other requests, etc. They supplied me about 10 different examples of form they would like to be able to customize. I decomposed each form element in "form element" linked to a model and a controller (for example, all forms have a similar "client_identification" part that is linked to the client controller and model). Another example is a "donation_info" form element that is linked to the donation model and controller. So it's a not a fully customizable dynamic form creator, the form must be "assembled" out of pre defined elements and they can also add some custom fields. I created a module that let the managers create new forms out of the element, another one to assemble and display the form to the end user. I found a way (using session variable) to save the data in multiple model and keep the validation information for each. I'm currently working on a simple workflow module that will let the manager define the role of their employees and the "routing" for each type of form. If I was working on a "survey creator", I would use the same strategy, with a "form element" for each type of questions and the content of the question as parameters. For a fully customizable dynamic form system, allowing the users to create their models would be a solution, the only problem I see is how to store that data afterward. Do you want to create a different table for each user defined form ? Otherwise, you would need to bypass the model -> database and create a novel way to take the form data based on that model and save it in a different way. On Jan 20, 6:57 am, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 20, 9:13 am, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I guess I'm misunderstanding also, but what was the problem with > > $form->inputs()? > > > If your using that database, that means model. $form->inputs() dumps inputs > > for all the form fields. > > The situation is more of like allowing the users to create models; > the users define fields, rules/validations, labels, etc > > -- > > Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com Blog:http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 20, 9:13 am, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I'm misunderstanding also, but what was the problem with > $form->inputs()? > > If your using that database, that means model. $form->inputs() dumps inputs > for all the form fields. The situation is more of like allowing the users to create models; the users define fields, rules/validations, labels, etc -- Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
I guess I'm misunderstanding also, but what was the problem with
$form->inputs()?
If your using that database, that means model. $form->inputs() dumps inputs
for all the form fields.
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On Jan 19, 2008 3:39 PM, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> On Jan 20, 12:30 am, "Chris Hartjes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jan 19, 2008 1:01 PM, R.RajeshJebaAnbiah
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >I'm not sure, if you have understand my question. RoR based
> > > frameworks allow easy creation/use of form when DB table is created.
> > > But, I'm looking for a solution to create forms dynamically--something
> > > as in LimeSurvey.
> >
> > I *think* I may have run into what you're talking about here. I'm
> > building a section of a web site for voting on things (the simulation
> > baseball league I am in has a vote during the off-season for changing
> > league rules and rules for the game we use), and there can be any
> > number of items on the ballot.
> >
> > So, while googling around looking for some help on this I found that
> > you can use the following notation to create multiple instances of the
> > same field:
> >
> > $form->input("{$x}.Model.field")
>
>
>Multiple form inputs is one way of handling dynamic forms. But, I
> was looking for more control--dynamic validations, etc. Since, the
> user data are tied up closely with DB tables and models in RoR based
> frameworks, I was thinking/looking for a generic and better approach
> to handle it.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
>
> --
>
> Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.com/
> >
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Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 20, 12:30 am, "Chris Hartjes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 19, 2008 1:01 PM, R.RajeshJebaAnbiah
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'm not sure, if you have understand my question. RoR based
> > frameworks allow easy creation/use of form when DB table is created.
> > But, I'm looking for a solution to create forms dynamically--something
> > as in LimeSurvey.
>
> I *think* I may have run into what you're talking about here. I'm
> building a section of a web site for voting on things (the simulation
> baseball league I am in has a vote during the off-season for changing
> league rules and rules for the game we use), and there can be any
> number of items on the ballot.
>
> So, while googling around looking for some help on this I found that
> you can use the following notation to create multiple instances of the
> same field:
>
> $form->input("{$x}.Model.field")
Multiple form inputs is one way of handling dynamic forms. But, I
was looking for more control--dynamic validations, etc. Since, the
user data are tied up closely with DB tables and models in RoR based
frameworks, I was thinking/looking for a generic and better approach
to handle it.
Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
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Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 19, 2008 1:01 PM, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm not sure, if you have understand my question. RoR based
> frameworks allow easy creation/use of form when DB table is created.
> But, I'm looking for a solution to create forms dynamically--something
> as in LimeSurvey.
I *think* I may have run into what you're talking about here. I'm
building a section of a web site for voting on things (the simulation
baseball league I am in has a vote during the off-season for changing
league rules and rules for the game we use), and there can be any
number of items on the ballot.
So, while googling around looking for some help on this I found that
you can use the following notation to create multiple instances of the
same field:
$form->input("{$x}.Model.field")
In my case, I loop through each item in the ballot and present a radio
button to allow me to vote on it.
1, 'No' => 0, 'Abstain' => 2);
foreach ($ballotItems as $ballotItem) {
echo $form->radio("{$x}.Vote.answer", $answerOptions)
$x++;
}
?>
Then, when you submit the form to be processed, you should see
something like this in $this->data
$this->data[1]['Vote']['answer'] = ...
$this->data[2]['Vote']['answer'] = ...
Hope that helps.
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Re: Dynamic form creation?
On Jan 19, 9:55 pm, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have you checked the FormHelper::inputs() method? I'm not sure, if you have understand my question. RoR based frameworks allow easy creation/use of form when DB table is created. But, I'm looking for a solution to create forms dynamically--something as in LimeSurvey. -- Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Dynamic form creation?
have you checked the FormHelper::inputs() method? On Jan 18, 2008 1:04 PM, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone tried to implement dynamic form creation? I'm looking for a > solution to implement dynamic form creations. > > -- > > Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!comBlog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.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?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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