I can add a counter, but I can't see a good use for it - its value should be identical to count($_POST['features']).
And I will have to iterate over the features anyway to add the second level of sub-forms (ItemForm). Sagi On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Bart McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would do like you do, inspect the post data. However, it would be nice if > you would just have to know the number of subforms you are processing. > Javascript can easily update a counter in a hidden field on your mainform. > It increments the count each time you add a subform dynamically. This > counter is the only post element you will have to evaluate in order to know > how many subforms to process. > > Bart McLeod > > Sagi Bashari schreef: > > Hello, >> >> I have a form that can generate any number of input fields dynamically >> (the fields are generated using javascript). >> >> The fields have some nested sub-form structure: >> 1. There can be many "feature" forms, and each has a name: >> features[feature0,..,featureN][name] >> 2. Each of these feature forms has many items, and each item has a name: >> features[feature0][items][item0,..,itemN][name] >> >> (Actually they have many other fields except the name but this is enough >> for the example). >> >> I managed to handle a static number of such sub-forms with Zend_Form, by >> attaching multiple instances of a FeatureForm to my main form, and attaching >> multiple instances of ItemForm to the FeatureForm (inside a container >> sub-form). >> >> However, I wonder how can I add these sub-forms dynamically. >> >> I thought about creating some pre-processing method that will get the >> $_POST data, inspect it and add fields accordingly before calling isValid(). >> >> Can anyone think of a better (more Zend_Form-like) way of handling such >> situation? >> >> Thanks, >> Sagi >> >
