Tag: <span>form</span>

Symfony

Symfony form pills – form type options

Today we are going to tackle a problem that I’ve recently faced with Symfony form types. Scenario: I need a choice type of a certain entity (Foo) with values that follows a certain logic

<?php

class FooChoiceType extends AbstractType

{

private $fooAdapter;

public function __construct(FooAdapter $fooAdapter)

{

$this->fooAdapter = $fooAdapter;

}

function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)

{

$resolver->setDefaults([

'required' => true,

'multiple' => false,

'choices' => $this->fooAdapter->getFoos(),

]);

}

public function getParent()

{

return ChoiceType::class;

}

I’ve built up a FooChoiceType because…

Symfony

Symfony form pills – Value object

Suppose that we have a value object or, more in general, an object where its data has been set in the constructor

class Foo

{

protected $bar;

protected $foobar;

public function construct($bar, $foobar)

{

// ....

}

and its FormType

class FooType extends AbstractType

{

public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)

{

$builder

->add('bar')

->add('foobar');

}

// ...

}

Let’s assume that bar and foobar are taken from HTTP POST values (so, basically, we need those values to be posted…