Matthew Weier O'Phinney-3 wrote:
>
> -- petewilliams1983 <[email protected]> wrote
> (on Monday, 22 December 2008, 05:02 AM -0800):
>> I'm trying to do exactly the same thing. So far the best solution I can
>> come
>> up with is to pass my custom options in via either the $attribs or
>> $options
>> arrays. You can then process those options within your view helper, and
>> delete them from the array so that they aren't added to the element
>> markup.
>>
>> However I'm pretty sure this isn't the best way of doing things.
>
> Actually, this is exactly how it should work. :)
>
> If you look at the current decorator implementations, they pass the
> attributes set in the element directly to the view helper as the
> $attribs array.
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> Software Architect | [email protected]
> Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
>
>
Thanks Matthew, that was a lucky guess on my part! I'm still struggling a
little bit with the exact implementation and was hoping you could take a
quick look at an element I'm working on at the moment. Basically I've
created my own Submit element which will also place a 'Cancel' link next to
the button. I want to be able to specify the link URL and text (defaults to
'Cancel').
I instantiate an element like so:
$submit = new My_Form_Element_Submit('submit',
array(
'label' => 'Save',
'buttonParams' => array(
'linkText' => 'Cancel Changes',
'linkUrl' => array(
'module' => 'admin',
'controller' => 'pages',
'action' => 'view'
)
)
)
);
--------------------------------------------------
ELEMENT:
class My_Form_Element_Submit extends Zend_Form_Element_Submit
{
public $helper = 'formSubmit';
}
--------------------------------------------------
VIEW HELPER:
class My_View_Helper_FormSubmit extends Zend_View_Helper_FormSubmit
{
public function formSubmit($name, $value=null, $attribs=null)
{
if(isset($attribs['buttonParams'])) {
$params = $attribs['buttonParams'];
unset($attribs['buttonParams']);
}
$button = parent::formSubmit($name, $value, $attribs);
if(isset($params['linkUrl'])) {
// Build the link URL
$url = $this->view->url($params['linkUrl']);
// Set the link text
$linkText = isset($params['linkText']) ? $params['linkText'] :
'Cancel';
// Create the link
$button .= ' or ' . $url . ' ' . $linkText . ' ';
}
return $button;
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
I've had a look at the current elements/decorators/view helpers, including
the Dojo ones, but I'm struggling to get my head around them. Any advice
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pete
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