{"id":432,"date":"2009-01-22T15:15:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/index.php\/?p=432"},"modified":"2009-01-22T15:16:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:16:31","slug":"mark-required-field-in-a-symfony-form-sfform-with-an-asterisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/2009\/01\/mark-required-field-in-a-symfony-form-sfform-with-an-asterisk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark required field in a Symfony Form (sfForm) with an asterisk"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to mark required \/ mandatories fields in a form based on sfForm ? (solution based on Dark-IT post<\/a>, adapted and tested on Symfony 1.2)
\nAdd in your lib\/form directory a class name : RegistrationForm.php (you can name it as you want of course)<\/p>\n

class RegistrationForm extends sfForm
\n{
\npublic function configure()
\n{
\n\/\/ …
\n}<\/p>\n

public function render($attributes = array())
\n{
\n$formatterObj = $this->widgetSchema->getFormFormatter();
\nif(!is_null($formatterObj)) {
\n$formatterObj->setValidatorSchema($this->getValidatorSchema());
\n}
\nreturn parent::render($attributes);
\n}<\/p>\n

public function __toString()
\n{
\ntry
\n{
\nreturn $this->renderUsing(‘Registration’);
\n}
\ncatch (Exception $e)
\n{
\nself::setToStringException($e);
\n\/\/ we return a simple Exception message in case the form framework is used out of symfony.
\nreturn ‘Exception: ‘.$e->getMessage();
\n}
\n}
\n}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Add another class in your lib\/form directory : sfWidgetFormSchemaFormatterRegistration.php<\/p>\n

class sfWidgetFormSchemaFormatterRegistration extends sfWidgetFormSchemaFormatter
\n{
\nprotected
\n$rowFormat = “\\n<\/p>\n

%label% %error%<\/span>%field%%help%%hidden_fields%”,
\n$requiredTemplate= ‘<\/p>\n

*’,
\n$validatorSchema = null;\/**
\n* Generates the label name for the given field name.
\n*
\n* @param\u00a0 string $name\u00a0 The field name
\n* @return string The label name
\n*\/
\npublic function generateLabelName($name)
\n{
\n$label = parent::generateLabelName($name);<\/p>\n

$fields = $this->validatorSchema->getFields();
\nif($fields[$name] != null) {
\n$field = $fields[$name];
\nif($field->hasOption(‘required’) && $field->getOption(‘required’)) {
\n$label .= $this->requiredTemplate;
\n}
\n}<\/p>\n

return $label;<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

public function setValidatorSchema(sfValidatorSchema $validatorSchema)
\n{
\n$this->validatorSchema = $validatorSchema;
\n}
\n}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Now, you can use this extended form in your form. Simply change the extends directive with :<\/p>\n

class MyGreatForm extends RegistrationForm
\n{
\n\/\/ …
\n}<\/p>\n

Of course, you have to update your css, for example :<\/p>\n

\n

.requiredFormField
\n{
\ncolor: red;
\n}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

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