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Helpers
PART 2 - FORMS
FORM HELPERS Standard Helper FORM HELPERS FOR OBJECTS
<?php echo use_helper('Object’) ?>
FORM TAG
Add the object_ prefix in front of the name
form_tag($url, $options) of the form helpers to get the name of the
<?php echo form_tag('test/save', Array('method' => 'get', 'id' => 'myForm', 'class' => 'simpleForm'))?> related object form helper:
// options argument with the associative array syntax object_input_tag($parameters)
<?php echo form_tag('test/save', ‘method=get id=myForm class=simpleForm')?> object_textarea_tag($parameters)
// options argument with the string syntax object_checkbox_tag($parameters)
object_input_date_tag($parameters)
STANDARD FORM ELEMENTS objects_for_select($parameters)
object_select_tag($parameters)
label_for($id, $label, $options) object_select_country_tag($parameters)
Returns a <label> tag with for the specified parameter. object_select_language_tag($parameters)
input_tag ($name, $value=null, $options) object_input_hidden_tag ($parameters)
<?php echo input_tag('name', 'default value') ?> The $parameters (for all object helpers) are:
// will generate in HTML: <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="default value" /> ($object, $method, $options, $default_value)

input_hidden_tag($name, $value, $options) E.g.1: the text input tag looks like:
<?php echo input_hidden_tag('name', 'value') ?> <?php echo object_input_tag($customer,
'getTelephone') ?>
input_password_tag ($name= 'password', $value=null, $options) // will generate in HTML
<?php echo input_password_tag('name', 'value') ?> <input type="text" name="getTelephone"
rich textarea_tag ($name, $content=null, $options) id="getTelephone" value="0123456789" />
...provided that
<?php echo textarea_tag('name', 'default content', 'size=10x20') ?>
$customer->getTelephone()= '0123456789'
// will generate in HTML:
<textarea name="name" id="name" rows="20" cols="10">default content</textarea> E.g.2: picture a form built to edit the data
checkbox_tag ($name, $value, $checked=false, $options) of an article. There is an easy way to get the
list of the author with the “related_class”:
<?php echo checkbox_tag('married', '1', true) ?>
<?php echo checkbox_tag('driverslicence', 'B', false) ?> object_select_tag($article, 'getAuthorId',
// will generate in HTML: 'related_class=Author')
<input type="checkbox" name="married" id="married" value="1" checked="checked" /> Symfony will use the ->toString() method of
<input type="checkbox" name="driverslicence" id="driverslicence" value="B" /> the Author class to display the names of the
authors in a list. If the method is undefined,
radiobutton_tag ($name, $value, $checked=false, $options)
the primary key (in the example, the id
<?php echo radiobutton_tag('status', 'value1', true) ?> column) of the Author table is used instead.
<?php echo radiobutton_tag('status', 'value2', false) ?>
// will generate in HTML: Other list options:
<input type="radio" name="status" value="value1" checked="checked" /> include_blank
<input type="radio" name="status" value="value2" /> to add a first empty line to the list
select_tag ($name, $option_tags=null, $options) object_select_tag($article, 'getAuthorId',
options_for_select ($options=array(), $selected= '', $html_options) ‘related_class=Author include_blank')
<?php echo select_tag('name', options_for_select(Array('0' => 'Steve', '1' => 'Bob', '2' => 'Albert', include_title
'3' => 'Ian'), 3)) ?> to add a title in the first line of the list
object_select_tag($article, 'getAuthorId',
input_file_tag ($name, $options) ‘related_class=Author include_title')
<?php echo input_file_tag('name') ?>
include_custom
submit_tag($value, $options) // submit button (as text) includes an <option> tag with a custom display
<?php echo submit_tag('Save') ?> text in the first line of the list
object_select_tag($article, 'getAuthorId',
submit_image_tag($source, $options) // submit button (as image) ‘related_class=Author include_custom=select')
<?php echo submit_image_tag('submit_img') ?>
// will generate in HTML: <input type="image" name="submit" src="/images/submit_img.png" />
input_upload_tag ($name, $options)
rich RICH FORM ELEMENTS
rich input_date_tag ($name, $value, $options)
reset_tag ($value= 'Reset', $options) <?php echo input_date_tag('dateofbirth',
rich select_country_tag ($name, $value, $options) ‘2005-05-03', 'rich=true') ?>
// will generate in HTML:
select_language_tag ($name, $value, $options)
// a text input tag together with a calendar widget
Returns a <select> tag populated with all the languages in the world (or almost).
<?php echo textarea_tag('name', 'default
select_day_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) content', 'rich=true size=10x20')) ?>
select_month_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) // will generate in HTML:
select_year_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_option) // a rich text edition zone powered by TinyMCE
select_date_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) <?php echo select_country_tag('country',
select_second_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) ‘Albania') ?>
// will generate in HTML:
select_minute_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options)
<select name="country" id="country">
select_hour_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) <option>Afghanistan</option>
select_ampm_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) <option selected="selected">Albania</option>
<option>Algeria</option>
select_time_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) <option>American Samoa</option>
select_datetime_tag ($name, $value, $options, $html_options) ...

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