Custom Form Editing Setting Conent in Symfony - forms

Question

I created the following Custom Form Type
<?php
namespace UserBundle\Form\Type;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use UserBundle\Entity\Users;
class UserType extends AbstractType
{
const FORM = 'user';
/**
* #var
*/
protected $UserContext;
/**
* Construct
* #param $uc
*/
public function __construct($uc)
{
$this->UserContext = $uc;
}
/**
* Build Form
* #param \Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface $builder
* #param array $options
*/
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder->add('username','text',array('label'=>'username'))
->add('password','text',array('label'=>'password'))
->add('firstname','text',array('label'=>'firstname','required'=>false))
->add('lastname','text',array('label'=>'lastname','required'=>false))
->add('email','email',array('label'=>'email','required'=>true));
$roles = array(
'Guest'=>array(
'ROLE_GUEST' =>'ROLE_GUEST',
),
'Users'=>array(
'ROLE_USER' =>'ROLE_USER',
),
'Customers'=>array(
'ROLE_CUSTOMER' =>'ROLE_CUSTOMER',
),
);
if($this->UserContext->isGranted('Role_SUPERVISOR'))
{
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_STAFF'] = 'ROLE_STAFF';
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_SUPPORT'] = 'ROLE_SUPPORT';
}
if($this->UserContext->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN'))
{
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_SUPERVISOR'] = 'ROLE_SUPERVISOR';
}
if($this->UserContext->isGranted('ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN'))
{
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_ADMIN'] = 'ROLE_ADMIN';
}
if($this->UserContext->isGranted('ROLE_GOD'))
{
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN'] = 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN';
$roles['Staff']['ROLE_GOD'] = 'ROLE_GOD';
}
$builder->add('role','choice',array(
'choices'=>$roles,
'required'=>true,
'label'=>'userrole'
))
->add('status','choice',array(
'choices'=>array(
'1'=>'account active',
'0'=>'account inactive',
),
'required'=>true,
'label'=>'status'
));
}
/**
* get Form Name
* #return string
*/
public function getName()
{
return self::FORM;
}
/**
* persist Form
* #param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
* #param \UserBundle\Entity\Users $user
* #param \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager $em
*
* #return \UserBundle\Entity\Users
*/
public static function storeFormContent(Request $request,Users $user, EntityManager $em)
{
$formData = $request->request->get(self::FORM);
$isNew = (int)$user->getId()<1;
$user->setFirstname($formData['firstname']);
$user->setLastname($formData['lastname']);
$user->setUsername($formData['username']);
if(!empty($formData['password']) || $isNew)
{
$user->setPassword($formData['password']);
}
$user->setEmail($formData['email']);
$user->setRole($formData['role']);
$user->setActive($formData['status']);
if($isNew)
{
$em->persist($user);
}
$em->flush();
return $user;
}
}
In my Controller I added this method to edit a User:
/**
* #Route("/Administration/Users/Edit", name="admin_users_edit")
* #Template()
*/
public function editAction()
{
$this->denyAccessUnlessGranted('ROLE_ADMIN', null, 'Unable to access this page!');
$request = Request::createFromGlobals();
$userid = (int)$request->query->get('id', null);
if (!$this->get('security.authorization_checker')->isGranted('IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY')) {
$session = new Session();
$session->start();
$session->set('currentRoute',array('call'=>'admin_users_edit','parameters'=>array('id'=>$userid)));
throw $this->createAccessDeniedException();
}
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
/** #var Users $user */
$user = $this->getDoctrine()
->getRepository('UserBundle\Entity\Users')
->find($userid);
if(empty($user) || !($user instanceof Users) || $user->getId() < 0)
{
return $this->redirectToRoute('admin_users_index', array('status' => 'user_does_not_exist'));
}
if($user->getRole()=='ROLE_ADMIN')
{
$this->denyAccessUnlessGranted('ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN', null, 'Unable to access this page!');
}
if($user->getRole()=='ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN' or $user->getRole()=='ROLE_GOD')
{
$this->denyAccessUnlessGranted('ROLE_GOD', null, 'Unable to access this page!');
}
if(!($user instanceof Users))
{
return $this->redirectToRoute('admin_users_index', array('status' => 'not_found'));
}
$form = $this->createForm(new UserType($this->get('security.context'),$user));
$form->handleRequest($request);
if($form->isValid())
{
UserType::storeFormContent($request,$user,$this->getDoctrine()->getManager());
return $this->redirectToRoute('admin_users_index', array('status' => 'create_success'));
}
return array(
'activeMenu'=>'users',
'error'=>$request->query->get('error'),
'form'=>$form->createView(),
);
}
Everything works fine so far.
Creating Users Work without an issue.
But Editing them leaves me blank fields.
I can't see where the issue is comming from.
I appreceate any help.
Chris
P.S.:
I have to seperate the Form into a Custom Type, because I will need to reuse it on several locations.
I will also reuse the twig part of the form for this.
^^

Answer 1

I just discovered that $form->setData() works for you, because you forgotten to add setDefaultOptions method to your form type:
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
...
public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults(array(
'data_class' => 'UserBundle\Entity\Users',
));
}
You can remove $form->setData();