Thanks for the awesome write-up! :) Really helpful, cheers,
Daniel On 19.04.2010, at 07:24, Gareth McCumskey wrote: > So As I said before, I was going to do a blog post on this to sum up > the entire thing. I have now finally done it if anyone is interested: > http://www.synaq.com/news-releases/advanced-form-techniques-for-symfony > > Thanks again to Sid for the help > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> and I know the names can cause some giggles but hey :P >> >> LOL ... so ... any interesting website project lately? :P >> >> Happy coding and bye for now. >> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Gareth McCumskey <gmccums...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Well just to conclude this, I saw an example on one of the symfony >>> docs about overwriting the formatRow method. >>> >>> Firstly, my big thanks to you Sid as I would not have gotten this far >>> without your help .... the community again has come to the rescue. >>> >>> Now for anyone that may find this useful in future here is how it >>> looks in the end: >>> >>> My form consists of some dynamic form fields created based on values >>> sent in an array when the form is constructed: >>> >>> public function __construct($extra_inputs = array()) >>> { >>> $this->extra_inputs = $extra_inputs; >>> parent::__construct(); >>> } >>> >>> In addition I had to create my own custom widget which is essentially >>> just an ajax link to an action that forwards the value of one input >>> box to the action, adds that value to a session array, sends the >>> session array to the form using the $extra_inputs parameter above and >>> redisplays the form in the div with the new input box for that value >>> added. >>> >>> So, my difficulty was that each new extra_input needed to use that >>> ajax link widget again alongside it but would forward to a Remove >>> action to remove that input from the session variable and hence from >>> the form. What I needed was that each new dynamic extra_input and its >>> associated Remove ajax link widget to be displayed one per line. >>> >>> My decorator class hence looks like such and I know the names can >>> cause some giggles but hey :P : >>> >>> class mailAnalByRecip extends sfWidgetFormSchemaFormatter >>> { >>> protected >>> $rowFormat = "\n%error%\n<span class=\"formRow\">\n<span >>> class=\"formLabel\">%label%</span>\n<span >>> class=\"formField\">%field%\n%help%</span></span>\n%hidden_fields%", >>> $helpFormat = '<span class="fieldHelp">%help%</span>', >>> $errorRowFormat = "<span>\n%errors%<br /></span>\n", >>> $errorListFormatInARow = "<ul>%errors%</ul>\n", >>> $errorRowFormatInARow = "<li class=\"error\">↓ %error% >>> ↓</li>\n", >>> $namedErrorRowFormatInARow = "<li class=\"error\">↓ %error% >>> ↓</li>\n", >>> $decoratorFormat = "%content%"; >>> >>> protected $fields_to_format = array(); >>> >>> public function __construct(sfWidgetFormSchema $widgetSchema, >>> $fields_to_format) >>> { >>> $this->fields_to_format = $fields_to_format; >>> parent::__construct($widgetSchema); >>> } >>> >>> public function formatRow($label, $field, $errors = array(), $help = >>> '', $hiddenFields = null) >>> { >>> foreach ($this->fields_to_format as $field_name) >>> { >>> if (strpos($field, $field_name) !== false && >>> strpos($field, >>> 'type="text"') !== false) >>> { >>> $field = '<span class="field_row">'.$field; >>> } >>> else if (strpos($field, $field_name) !== false && >>> strpos($field, >>> '<a') !== false) >>> { >>> $field = $field.'</span>'; >>> } >>> } >>> >>> $row = parent::formatRow($label, $field, $errors, $help, >>> $hiddenFields); >>> >>> return $row; >>> } >>> } >>> >>> >>> And in my form class at the very end of the configure() method: >>> >>> $decorator = new mailAnalByRecip($this->widgetSchema, $this->extra_inputs); >>> $this->widgetSchema->addFormFormatter('custom', $decorator); >>> $this->widgetSchema->setFormFormatterName('custom'); >>> >>> So there we go. A form class that dynamically creates widgets based on >>> values in an array, as well as dynamically creating a custom ajax link >>> widget and keeping the input and its ajax link widget associated >>> visually using a custom form decorator class to add spans before and >>> after the two widgets. >>> >>> WHEW! That was one HELLUVA learning experience LOL >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> You attach your decorator class to your form, e.g.: >>>> >>>> class yourForm extends sfForm >>>> { >>>> function configure() >>>> { >>>> /* configure your fields */ >>>> >>>> $decorator = new yourFormFormatter($this->widgetSchema); >>>> $this->widgetSchema->addFormFormatter('custom', $decorator); >>>> $this->widgetSchema->setFormFormatterName('custom'); >>>> } >>>> } >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Gareth McCumskey <gmccums...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Just a question.... if I overwrite the formatRow method how do I >>>>> return the newly formatted row to wherever.... >>>>> >>>>> eg >>>>> >>>>> public function formatRow($label, $field, $errors = array(), $help = >>>>> '', $hiddenFields = null) >>>>> { >>>>> /*Do stuff to make $field from >>>>> <input maxlength="50" type="text" name="test[first_name]" >>>>> id="test_first_name" /> >>>>> into >>>>> <span><input maxlength="50" type="text" name="test[first_name]" >>>>> id="test_first_name" />*/ >>>>> >>>>> //Now what? >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Actually I got very curious and did an experiment myself.Parameter >>>>>> $field turns out to be a string like: >>>>>> >>>>>> '<input maxlength="50" type="text" name="test[first_name]" >>>>>> id="test_first_name" />' >>>>>> >>>>>> So I guess the solution would be a little bit hacky, involving some >>>>>> regex to detect which field it is and give it a different format >>>>>> (e.g.: add <span> prefix on one field and append </span> on the second >>>>>> field) :-\ >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> If you look in sfWidgetFormSchemaFormatter class, you could probably >>>>>>> override method: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> public function formatRow($label, $field, $errors = array(), $help = >>>>>>> '', $hiddenFields = null) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> detect the special field through the $field parameter and give it a >>>>>>> different formatting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Oh I just understood why you can't do it LOL sorry >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Sid Bachtiar <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Why can't you do something like this in template: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <?php echo $form['not_special_1']->renderRow(); ?> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <label>We are special:</label> >>>>>>>>> <span> >>>>>>>>> <?php echo $form['special_a']->render(); ?> >>>>>>>>> <?php echo $form['special_b']->render(); ?> >>>>>>>>> </span> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <?php echo $form['not_special_2']->renderRow(); ?> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Gareth McCumskey >>>>>>>>> <gmccums...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> All I really want to do is add a span around two widgets >>>>>>>>>> (<span><widget1 /><widget2 /></span>). I cannot do this in the >>>>>>>>>> template because the template is designed to display many different >>>>>>>>>> form types so the form class needs to define the exact structure of >>>>>>>>>> the form. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Sid Bachtiar >>>>>>>>>> <sid.bacht...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Don't know about the documentation. I had to look around myself to >>>>>>>>>>> learn about it. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Take a look at this example from my blog: >>>>>>>>>>> http://bluehorn.co.nz/2009/08/31/symfony-12-sfform-formatter-to-add-stars-on-required-fields/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Gareth McCumskey >>>>>>>>>>> <gmccums...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I have looked around for the documentation related to creating your >>>>>>>>>>>> own form decorators but the reference to it in the forms book for >>>>>>>>>>>> symfony 1.2 says look in Chapter 5 but there is no chapter 5 o.O >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any pointers to where I could find the info would be appreciated. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Gareth McCumskey >>>>>>>>>>>> http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com >>>>>>>>>>>> twitter: @garethmcc >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>>>>> Groups "symfony users" group. >>>>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>>>> symfony-us...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>>>> symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> Blue Horn Ltd - 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