Zend Framework multiple form elements names - zend-framework

I have multiple Zend Framework(v1.12) forms in my application.
Main form:
<?php
class Application_Form_Main extends Zend_Form
{
public function init()
{
$this->setMethod('post')->setAction('some/url');
}
}
?>
My subform:
<?php
class Application_Form_User extends Zend_Form_SubForm
{
public function init()
{
//first name element
$this->addElement('text',
'first_name',
array(
'label' => 'Name',
'required' => true,
'filters' => array('StringTrim')
)
);
//last name element
$this->addElement('text',
'last_name',
array(
'label' => 'Surname',
'required' => true,
'filters' => array('StringTrim')
)
);
$this->setElementDecorators(array(
'ViewHelper',
'Errors'
));
}
}
?>
In my custom controller (for example UsersController.php) Im rendering main form with multiple user subforms:
<?php
$mainForm = new Application_Form_Main();
for($i=0; $i<2; $i++){
$userForm = new Application_Form_User();
$mainForm->addSubForm($userForm, 'user_'.($i+1));
}
//passing main form to the template
$this->view->mainForm = $mainForm;
?>
So Im getting the form with 2 users first_name and last_name fields.
In my template Im rendering form this way:
<form action="<?php echo $this->mainForm->getAction(); ?>"
enctype="<?php echo $this->form->getEnctype(); ?>"
method="<?php echo $this->form->getMethod(); ?>"
">
<?php echo $this->mainForm->getSubForm('user_1')->first_name; ?>
<?php echo $this->mainForm->getSubForm('user_1')->last_name; ?>
<?php echo $this->echo $this->mainForm->getSubForm('user_2')->first_name; ?>
<?php echo $this->echo $this->mainForm->getSubForm('user_2')->last_name; ?>
</form>
The problem is first_name and last_name text field names are identical in both forms. How can I make it to have unique names? If I output the form:
<?php echo $this->mainForm; ?>
Then everything is ok, I get different field names.
So any ideas?

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Is there a way to call modeless form in pages using cakephp3

as what I read online it will only be available for like this
http://localhost/xxxxx/contact then the form will display
but I want it to display in many pages like contact us, or about us page
when i call this pages I want the form appear in the content?
Template
index.ctp
<?= $this->Form->create($contact); ?>
<?= $this->Form->input('name'); ?>
<?= $this->Form->input('email'); ?>
<?= $this->Form->input('body'); ?>
<?= $this->Form->button('Submit'); ?>
<?= $this->Form->end(); ?>
ContactController.php
<?php
// In a controller
namespace App\Controller;
use App\Controller\AppController;
use App\Form\ContactForm;
class ContactController extends AppController
{
public function index()
{
$contact = new ContactForm();
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if ($contact->execute($this->request->data)) {
$this->Flash->success('Your message has been sent; we\'ll get back to you soon!');
$this->request->data['name'] = null;
$this->request->data['email'] = null;
$this->request->data['body'] = null;
} else {
$this->Flash->error('There was a problem submitting your form.');
}
}
$this->set('contact', $contact);
}
}
?>
ContactForm.php
<?php
namespace App\Form;
use Cake\Form\Form;
use Cake\Form\Schema;
use Cake\Validation\Validator;
use Cake\Mailer\Email;
class ContactForm extends Form
{
protected function _buildSchema(Schema $schema)
{
return $schema->addField('name', 'string')
->addField('email', ['type' => 'string'])
->addField('body', ['type' => 'text']);
}
protected function _buildValidator(Validator $validator)
{
return $validator->add('name', 'length', [
'rule' => ['minLength', 10],
'message' => 'Please enter your name'
])->add('email', 'format', [
'rule' => 'email',
'message' => 'Please enter a valid email address',
])->add('body', 'length', [
'rule' => ['minLength', 25],
'message' => 'Please enter your message text',
]);
}
protected function _execute(array $data)
{
// Send an email.
return true;
}
}
You can fixed it by moving the contact template form into the element so that it will be available in any pages.
inside element in the contact folder, form below must be present
<legend><?= __('Our Form') ?></legend>
<fieldset>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('name');
echo $this->Form->input('email');
echo $this->Form->input('body');
?>
</fieldset>
<?= $this->Form->button(__('Submit')) ?>
<?= $this->Form->end(); ?>
then in your pages
you can just call
<?php
echo $this->element('contact/index');
?>
assuming you created index.ctp inside contact folder in element
Hope it solved your problem.

How to handle multiple forms in the same view?

I have a default form for my specific view.
Through an element I (dinamically) include another view (using view extension) in order to provide an upload form.
My problem is that the second form seems to submit the first one.
Default form
<div class="content-box-content">
<?php
echo $this->Form->create("WebSubject", array(
'inputDefaults' => array(
'error' => array(
'attributes' => array(
'wrap' => 'span',
'class' => 'input-notification error png_bg'
)
)
)
));
?>
<?=$this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden'))?>
<?=$this->Form->input('title', array('class' => "text-input small-input", 'label' => 'Denumire'))?>
<?=$this->Form->input('description', array('type' => 'textarea', 'label' => 'Descriere', 'id' => 'description'))?>
<?=$this->Form->input('description_long', array('type' => 'textarea', 'label' => 'Continut', 'id' => 'description_long'))?>
<?=$this->Form->submit('Salveaza', array('class' => "button"))?>
</div>
This way I include the element
<div class="tab-content default-tab" id="fotoUploadTab">
<?php
echo $this->element('file_upload_form', array(
'view' => 'upload_admin',
'webFileType' => 'image',
'redirect' => $SHT['here']
)
);
?>
<div class="tab-content default-tab">
Lista imagini
</div>
</div>
Element code
<?php
$view = (isset($view)) ? $view : "upload_admin";
$webFileType = (isset($webFileType)) ? $webFileType : "image";
$redirect = (isset($redirect)) ? $redirect : "/";
?>
<?php
$this->extend("/WebFiles/".$view);
?>
Extended View code
<div class="tab-content default-tab">
<?php echo $this->Form->create("WebFile", array('action' => '/', 'type' => 'file')); ?>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="" />
<?php echo $this->Form->input('entity_id', array('type' => 'hidden')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('entity_table_name', array('type' => 'hidden')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('type', array('type' => 'hidden')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('title', array('class' => "text-input small-input", 'label' => 'Denumire')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('description', array('class' => "text-input small-input", 'label' => 'Descriere')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->submit('Upload', array('class' => 'button')); ?>
</div>
As seen in the last snippet, I tried to force the last form by providing an action url, but on submiting it, it sends data as the first one does.
How should I handle this ?
Thank you!
If you just want to have both forms, the one from parent and the other from the child view/element make sure you call $this->Form->end() in both templates and that you are not nesting a form inside the other. Probably, in your case, just by adding end() to both forms will solve your issue.
As a side note, you cannot have a parent view opening a Form with $this->Form->create() and inject fields into it using the child view, basically because you need create() to be called before any input is rendered and parent views are rendered after the child is executed.

how to, hidden field value not showing up on request in zend framework?

i have a simple form that has a textarea ans a hidden field
$textarea = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea('post');
$textarea->setRequired(true);
$textarea->setLabel('');
$hidden = new Zend_Form_Element_Hidden('post_id');
$hidden->setLabel('');
$hidden->setValue('1');
$submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
$submit->setLabel('test');
$this->addElement($textarea);
$this->addElement($hidden);
$this->addElement($submit);
$this->setDecorators(array(
'FormElements',
array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'form_class')),
'Form'
));
in my view i do
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
then in my controller
$request = $this->getRequest();
if( $request->isPost() && $form->isValid($request->getParams()))
{
Zend_Debug::dump($request->getParams());
}
what happens is that i get
array(8) {
["module"] => string(6) "testr"
["controller"] => string(8) "posts"
["action"] => string(9) "post"
["post"] => string(10) "testgfdgfg"
["submit"] => string(26) "submit"
}
but no post_id
this is a bit wired and i cant figure it out. Ive looked for any code that might screw this up but nothing. I've also tried to echo the hidden field in the view, but i still get nothing on the request
any ideas?
thanks
In your view do
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post_id'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit');?>
You are simply not echoing post_id element like you did with post and submit . Also you don't need to call render() since php magic function __toString() proxy render() in all Zend_Form_Element_XXX .
In View part you are just set two elements only
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
WHERE form->getElement('post_id')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post_id')->render(); ?>
Try once with this.
I think it will work.

CakePHP 2.0 Determine which submit button has been clicked

In CakePHP 1.3 you can create a form with multiple submit buttons:
echo $this->Form->submit('Submit 1', array('name'=>'submit');
echo $this->Form->submit('Submit 2', array('name'=>'submit');
and detect which submit button was pressed in the controller with:
if (isset($this->params['form']['submit']) && $this->params['form']['submit'] == "Submit 1") {
// first button clicked
}
In CakePHP, $this->params['form'] isn't set and the clicked button value doesn't appear anywhere in $this->request, $this->request->data, $this->params, $this->data or $_POST.
How do I determine which button has been clicked in CakePHP 2.0?
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
As requested, here's the code for the form:
<?php echo $this->Form->create('History', array('action'=>'add')); ?>
<div class='submit'>
<?php
echo $this->Form->submit('Yes', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submit'));
echo $this->Form->submit('No', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submit'));
?>
</div>
<?php echo $this->Form->end()?>
And the output of the form:
<form action="/projects/kings_recruit/trunk/www/histories/add" id="HistoryAddForm" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
<div style="display:none;">
<input name="_method" value="POST" type="hidden">
</div>
<div class="submit">
<input name="submit" value="Yes" type="submit">
<input name="submit" value="No" type="submit">
</div>
</form>
Generally it is a bad practise to use the same name for both submit buttons.
There should be a "submit" key in the $_POST and $this->request->data
I tested this in CakePHP 2.1.1 as shown below:
The view code:
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Message', array('action'=>'test'));
// Extra test input field
echo $this->Form->input('test');
?>
<div class='submit'>
<?php
echo $this->Form->submit('Yes', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submit'));
echo $this->Form->submit('No', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submit'));
?>
</div>
<?php echo $this->Form->end()?>
The in the controller in $this->request->data:
array(
'submit' => 'Yes',
'Message' => array(
'test' => 'TestFieldTest'
)
)
And in $_POST:
array(
'_method' => 'POST',
'data' => array(
'Message' => array(
'test' => 'TestFieldTest'
)
),
'submit' => 'Yes'
)
You can also give the two submits different names:
echo $this->Form->submit('Yes', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submitY'));
echo $this->Form->submit('No', array('div'=>false, 'name'=>'submitN'));
This way you can differ them in the $_POST or $this->request->data, because the keys will be the submits' names:
array(
'submitY' => 'Yes',
'Message' => array(
'test' => 'foo'
)
)
array(
'_method' => 'POST',
'data' => array(
'Message' => array(
'test' => 'Bar'
)
),
'submitY' => 'Yes'
)
Then to determine which button is pressed you can use a simple isset($_POST['']) or over $this->request->data ?
Don't use the same name for both submit buttons. Consider this example:
<?php echo $this->Form->create(false); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->text('input'); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->submit('Yes', array('name' => 'submit1')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->submit('No', array('name' => 'submit2')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(); ?>
debug($this->request->data) will produce the following when the "Yes" button is clicked:
array(
'submit1' => 'Yes',
'input' => 'test'
)
And here it is when the "No" button is clicked:
array(
'submit2' => 'No',
'input' => 'test'
)
To check which button was clicked:
if (isset($this->request->data['submit1'])) {
// yes button was clicked
} else if (isset($this->request->data['submit2'])) {
// no button was clicked
}
in 2.0 there is no $this->params['form'] anymore
all form helper posted fields end up in $this->data (which makes more sense anyway)
so
if (!empty($this->data['submit']) && $this->data['submit'] == "Submit 1") {}
note that !empty() is better here as well.
PS: you can use my enhanced upgrade shell to replace it in your code: https://github.com/dereuromark/upgrade
its the command
cake Upgrade.Upgrade request
(https://github.com/dereuromark/upgrade/blob/master/Console/Command/UpgradeShell.php#L833)
if (!empty($this->request->data['submit']) && $this->request->data['submit'] == "Yes") {
// do your stuff
}

How do I use ViewScripts on Zend_Form File Elements?

I am using this ViewScript for my standard form elements:
<div class="field" id="field_<?php echo $this->element->getId(); ?>">
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getLabel())) : ?>
<?php echo $this->formLabel($this->element->getName(), $this->element->getLabel());?>
<?php endif; ?>
<span class="value"><?php echo $this->{$this->element->helper}(
$this->element->getName(),
$this->element->getValue(),
$this->element->getAttribs()
) ?></span>
<?php if (0 < $this->element->getMessages()->length) : ?>
<?php echo $this->formErrors($this->element->getMessages()); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getDescription())) : ?>
<span class="hint"><?php echo $this->element->getDescription(); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
Trying to use that ViewScript alone results in an error:
Exception caught by form: No file
decorator found... unable to render
file element
Looking at this FAQ revealed part of my problem, and I updated my form element decorators like this:
'decorators' => array(
array('File'),
array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => 'form/field.phtml'))
)
Now it's rendering the file element twice, once within my view script, and extra elements with the file element outside my view script:
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="8388608" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE" />
<input type="hidden" name="UPLOAD_IDENTIFIER" value="4b5f7335a55ee" id="progress_key" />
<input type="file" name="upload_file" id="upload_file" />
<div class="field" id="field_upload_file">
<label for="upload_file">Upload File</label>
<span class="value"><input type="file" name="upload_file" id="upload_file" /></span>
</div>
Any ideas on how to handle this properly with a ViewScript?
UPDATE: Based on Shaun's solution, here's my final code:
Form Element:
$this->addElement('file', 'upload_file', array(
'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true,
'decorators' => array('File', array('ViewScript', array(
'viewScript' => '_form/file.phtml',
'placement' => false,
))),
'label' => 'Upload',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array(),
'validators' => array(array('Count', false, 1),),
));
View Script:
<?php
$class .= 'field ' . strtolower(end(explode('_',$this->element->getType())));
if ($this->element->isRequired()) {
$class .= ' required';
}
if ($this->element->hasErrors()) {
$class .= ' errors';
}
?>
<div class="<?php echo $class; ?>" id="field_<?php echo $this->element->getId(); ?>">
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getLabel())): ?>
<?php echo $this->formLabel($this->element->getFullyQualifiedName(), $this->element->getLabel());?>
<?php endif; ?>
<span class="value"><?php echo $this->content; ?></span>
<?php if ($this->element->hasErrors()): ?>
<?php echo $this->formErrors($this->element->getMessages()); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getDescription())): ?>
<p class="hint"><?php echo $this->element->getDescription(); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
The answer is relatively simple as it happens. All you need do is specify the File decorator first, create a specific view script for the file input and specify false for the placement in the viewScript decorator arguments, this will effectively inject the output from the File decorator into the viewScript decorator e.g.
$element->setDecorators(array('File', array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => 'decorators/file.phtml', 'placement' => false))));
Then in the new file element view script you simply echo $this->content in the script where you'd like the file input markup to be placed. Here's an example from a recent project, so ignore the markup if it looks a little odd, hopefully it will illustrate the point.
<label for="<?php echo $this->element->getName(); ?>" class="element <?php if ($this->element->hasErrors()): ?> error<?php endif; ?>" id="label_<?php echo $this->element->getName(); ?>">
<span><?php echo $this->element->getLabel(); ?></span>
<?php echo $this->content; ?>
<?php if ($this->element->hasErrors()): ?>
<span class="error">
<?php echo $this->formErrors($this->element->getMessages()); ?>
</span>
<?php endif; ?>
</label>
When rendered you will see this html for the element
<label for="photo" class="element" id="label_photo">
<span>Photo</span>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="6291456" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE">
<input type="file" name="photo" id="photo">
</label>
This is not a simple or ideal solution because it requires an extension of the File decorator... but it's rather frustrating that they didn't make the effort to separate the hidden element generation logic from the file input generation logic. I'm not sure if the file view helper handles the issue of an element being an array (that seems to be the reason they did it this way.)
Extension of File Decorator:
(the commented out part is what causes the extra input to be generated.)
<?php
class Sys_Form_Decorator_File extends Zend_Form_Decorator_File {
public function render($content) {
$element = $this->getElement();
if (!$element instanceof Zend_Form_Element) {return $content;}
$view = $element->getView();
if (!$view instanceof Zend_View_Interface) {return $content;}
$name = $element->getName();
$attribs = $this->getAttribs();
if (!array_key_exists('id', $attribs)) {$attribs['id'] = $name;}
$separator = $this->getSeparator();
$placement = $this->getPlacement();
$markup = array();
$size = $element->getMaxFileSize();
if ($size > 0) {
$element->setMaxFileSize(0);
$markup[] = $view->formHidden('MAX_FILE_SIZE', $size);
}
if (Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Http::isApcAvailable()) {
$apcAttribs = array('id' => 'progress_key');
$markup[] = $view->formHidden('APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS', uniqid(), $apcAttribs);
}
else if (Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Http::isUploadProgressAvailable()) {
$uploadIdAttribs = array('id' => 'progress_key');
$markup[] = $view->formHidden('UPLOAD_IDENTIFIER', uniqid(), $uploadIdAttribs);
}
/*
if ($element->isArray()) {
$name .= "[]";
$count = $element->getMultiFile();
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
$htmlAttribs = $attribs;
$htmlAttribs['id'] .= '-' . $i;
$markup[] = $view->formFile($name, $htmlAttribs);
}
}
else {$markup[] = $view->formFile($name, $attribs);}
*/
$markup = implode($separator, $markup);
switch ($placement) {
case self::PREPEND: return $markup . $separator . $content;
case self::APPEND:
default: return $content . $separator . $markup;
}
}
}
?>
Form setup in controller action:
$form = new Zend_Form();
$form->addElement(new Zend_Form_Element_File('file'));
$form->file->setLabel('File');
$form->file->setDescription('Description goes here.');
$decorators = array();
$decorators[] = array('File' => new Sys_Form_Decorator_File());
$decorators[] = array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => '_formElementFile.phtml'));
$form->file->setDecorators($decorators);
$this->view->form = $form;
In action view:
<?php echo $this->form; ?>
In element script:
<div class="field" id="field_<?php echo $this->element->getId(); ?>">
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getLabel())) : ?>
<?php echo $this->formLabel($this->element->getName(), $this->element->getLabel());?>
<?php endif; ?>
<span class="value">
<?php
echo $this->{$this->element->helper}(
$this->element->getName(),
$this->element->getValue(),
$this->element->getAttribs()
);
?>
</span>
<?php if (0 < $this->element->getMessages()->length) : ?>
<?php echo $this->formErrors($this->element->getMessages()); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (0 < strlen($this->element->getDescription())) : ?>
<span class="hint"><?php echo $this->element->getDescription(); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
Output should be:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="post">
<dl class="zend_form">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="134217728" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE" />
<div class="field" id="field_file">
<label for="file">File</label>
<span class="value"><input type="file" name="file" id="file" /></span>
<span class="hint">Description goes here.</span>
</div>
</dl>
</form>
A problem with this solution is that the hidden elements don't render within the viewscript; this might be a problem if you're using the div as a selector in a client-side script...
What I've realized is, a custom decorator class will handle most fields except File fields.
Make sure your class implements the interface like so:
class CC_Form_Decorator_Pattern
extends Zend_Form_Decorator_Abstract
implements Zend_Form_Decorator_Marker_File_Interface
This worked for me.
This helped me fix my problem. I adjusted the code to wrap the file element inside a table. To make it work, simply remove the label from the viewdecorator and add the file element as follows:
$form->addElement('file', 'upload_file', array(
'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true,
'decorators' => array(
'Label',
array(array('labelTd' => 'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'td', 'class' => 'labelElement')),
array(array('elemTdOpen' => 'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'td', 'class' => 'dataElement','openOnly' => true, 'placement' => 'append')),
'File',
array('ViewScript', array(
'viewScript' => 'decorators/file.phtml',
'placement' => false,
)),
array(array('elemTdClose' => 'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'td', 'closeOnly' => true, 'placement' => 'append')),
array(array('row' => 'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'tr'))
),
'label' => 'Upload',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array(),
'validators' => array(array('Count', false, 1), ),
));
I've found a work-around that avoids the ViewScript altogether.
First, the element definition:
$this->addElement('file', 'upload_file', array(
'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true,
'decorators' => array(
'File',
array(array('Value'=>'HtmlTag'), array('tag'=>'span','class'=>'value')),
'Errors',
'Description',
'Label',
array(array('Field'=>'HtmlTag'), array('tag'=>'div','class'=>'field file')),
),
'label' => 'Upload File',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array('StringTrim'),
'validators' => array(),
));
Second, after the form class has been instantiated, I mimic the behavior of my ViewScript:
$field = $form->getElement('upload_file');
$decorator = $field->getDecorator('Field');
$options = $decorator->getOptions();
$options['id'] = 'field_' . $field->getId();
if ($field->hasErrors()) {
$options['class'] .= ' errors';
}
$decorator->setOptions($options);
I guess that I should look into class-based decorators. Maybe there's more flexibility there?
The easiest thing to do is to add no markup at all to the output in your custom File Decorator:
class Custom_Form_Decorator_File extends Zend_Form_Decorator_File {
public function render($content) {
return $content;
}
}
now you can do whatever you want in your viewscript for this file element (output the file input field and all hidden fields you need on your own).
Just in case you have followed #Shaun's answer and you are still getting the error: make sure that you've disabled default decorators for the element in question (take look at line 2):
$this->addElement('file', 'upload_file', array(
'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true,
'decorators' => array('File', array('ViewScript', array(
'viewScript' => '_form/file.phtml',
'placement' => false,
))),
'label' => 'Upload',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array(),
'validators' => array(array('Count', false, 1),),
));