On 20 Dec 2009 at 17:31, Daniel Latter wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ill throw my small change in, people may be packing up for hols as
well.
>
> "$form->addElementPrefixPath('My_Form_Decorator',
'My/Form/Decorator', 'decorator');
> $form->addDisplayGroupPrefixPath('My_Form_Decorator',
'My/Form/Decorator');"
>
> These are for auto loading your classes, the path passed as the
second parameter will be joined
> together with other paths
> on your PHP include path, to find class file referenced, so for
example, if you have:
>
> C:/library on your include path and reference the class
My_Form_Decorator_Foo, ZF will look
> for the class at: C:/library/My/Form/Decorator/Foo.php
>
> The first argument to the methods above is the prefix you give to
your classes to name-space
> them, as per ZF convention, as you can see in the example above:
My_Form_Decorator_Foo.
> The second method parameter is the path to resolve these classes.
>
> Regarding form input IDs and form name attributes, these can be
set via setAttrib( 'id', VALUE)
> and setName('NAME') respectively, so you could pass in some
> option to your addForm() method that add/changes/updates these
accordingly?
>
> I don't know if any of these will be of help as I am just getting
to grips with Zend_Form myself.
>
> Dan
>
>
> 2009/12/20 Mike A <
[email protected]>:
> > Well I have come to the end of a very long Saturday looking
at various form
> > decorator tutorials and references online and in books. Sad
to say that not
> > one of them takes the subject of Zend's awful form system and
explains it
> > completely, in plain English, a theme running through all Zend
> > documentation.
> > What, for example, does the sample at
http://devzone.zend.com/article/3450
> > mean by
> > "$form->addElementPrefixPath('My_Form_Decorator',
'My/Form/Decorator',
> > 'decorator');
> > $form->addDisplayGroupPrefixPath('My_Form_Decorator',
'My/Form/Decorator');"
> > when there is no example of a directory structure or the name
of a file
> > saved within a directory structure? Path from where? To where?
> > I have had to try to explain to some of my guys today that
Zend is a good
> > framework after comments like "They're up their own
{censored} with
> > technical self gratification." I would have phrased it
differently but see
> > the point. Three of us (each with degrees in computer
sciences and me with
> > over 35 years development experience) looked at Matthew's
webinar and found
> > it profoundly lacking in step-by-step detail, thus leaving
doors of
> > confusion.
> > Could someone please point me to a reference that explains in
clear terms
> > how to use Zend forms for the very common task (easy in plain
PHP) of
> > producing multiple form inputs with same name but different
input tag IDs
> > (without which there would be invalid markup) from this
example taken from
> > Keith Pope's book (as a general reference):
> > <? foreach($this->products as $product): ?>
> > <div class="productitem clearfix">
> > <?=$this->productImage($product->defaultImage,
array('class' =>
> > 'img-center'))->thumbnail(); ?>
> > <h4><a
href=""><?=$this->Escape($product->name);
?></a></h4>
> >
<p><?=$this->Escape($product->shortDescription);
?></p>
> > <p><?=$this->productPrice($product);
?></p>
> > <?=$this->Cart()->addForm($product); ?>
> > </div>
> > ?>
> > My thanks in advance...
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On 18 Dec 2009 at 21:06, Daniel Latter wrote:
> >> No problem, we all have them ;).
> >>
> >> Matthew Weier O'Phinney has just given a really good
webinar on just
> >> this topic, it takes a bit to wrap your head around,
heres a link to
> >> the recording:
> >>
> >>
http://www.zend.com/en/resources/webinars/framework
> >>
> >> Good luck :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/12/18 Mike A <
[email protected]>
> >> >
> >> > On 18 Dec 2009 at 20:42, Daniel Latter wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > What do you mean " many ids with productid
produces validation error
> >> > > "? It is left upto
> >> > > the coder to set a unique id for each element?
What are you trying to
> >> > > do, may be it wil shed more
> >> > > light?
> >> > >
> >> > > Also, if im not mistaken both the examples you
refer to are the same?
> >> > > are you trying to
> >> > > dosomthing like this:
> >> > >
> >> > > .. id="producid_11" .. ?
> >> >
> >> > Yes - my bad. I used Nabble for the first post, it
took out some of my
> >> > text. Then my brain
> >> > went daft on the required example.
> >> >
> >> > By validation I'm referring to markup. As sson as I
read your reply I
> >> > realised I had not passed
> >> > id value to the form. Been at this too long today -
14 hours :(
> >> >
> >> > Also, trying to get pretty markup via decorator -
it's driving me nuts!
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks Dan
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks
> >> > > Dan
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > 2009/12/18 Mike A <
[email protected]>
> >> > > Apologies - my previous post did not format
correctly, so I
> >> > > repeat.
> >> > >
> >> > > When constructing a form element I use this...
> >> > >
> >> > > $this->addElement('hidden', 'productId',
array(
> >> > > 'decorators' => array(array('ViewHelper'),
> >> > > array('HtmlTag', array('tag' =>
'p')),
> >> > > ),
> >> > > ));
> >> > >
> >> > > which formats as html (precisely) this way...
> >> > >
> >> > > <p>
> >> > > <input type="hidden" name="productId"
value="11" id="productId"
> >> > > /></p>
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > There are two problems with this. First, many
input ids with
> >> > > "productId" produces a validation
> >> > > error. Second, mark-up format is wrong. What
must I do to produce this
> >> > > (with value added to
> >> > > id)...
> >> > >
> >> > > <p>
> >> > > <input type="hidden" name="productId"
value="11" id="productId"
> >> > > />
> >> > > </p>
> >> > >
> >> > > TIA...
> >> > >
> >> > > Mike
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
