I assume you are on symfony 1? If so, put your form classes inside the project_root/lib directory not the apps/app_name/lib directory and you can then use it across apps.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, OnDistantShores <cameron.r...@gmail.com>wrote: > Here's my scenario, I'm not sure what the best way to implement this > is. > > I'm creating a party bookings system. Anyone can go to my frontend app > and submit a new booking. Once they're finished, they'll just get a > confirmation screen, they can't edit it. Easy. > > Only certain users will be able to get to the admin app (it might be > secured simply by being on an intranet, but that's not important, just > assume it will be only accessible by admin users). They'll be able to > view the list of submitted bookings. Easy. > > My problem is around code re-use when allowing admin users to edit > existing bookings. When you do generate-module in Symfony, the > generated module (which as a newbie I'm assuming is a good example of > structuring things) creates the form as a partial. I've had to > customize this form a lot for my usage (lots of Javascript, etc), so > of course I want to re-use this code, to be able to load an existing > booking into this form. But there doesn't seem to be a way to share > this partial between the apps (I've seen people mention making a > plugin...but this seems complicated for this use). > > I considered using an IFrame to load the form from the frontend and > just passing an "id" parameter to load it in edit mode, but this would > mean that the edit mode is not secure - anyone could go to the form on > the frontend and pass this parameter to edit a booking. > > I also considered putting all of the form display code (HTML, > Javascript, etc) in a method on the form object, but this doesn't seem > very MVC - all of the display code is then in the form. But this is > only because I'm thinking of the form in the same way as a model - is > that right? > > I feel like this should be a common situation. You can share models > and forms between apps, why can't you share this common form display > code too? > > Thanks! > > -- > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to > security at symfony-project.com > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "symfony users" group. > To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en > -- Gareth McCumskey http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com twitter: @garethmcc identi.ca: @garethmcc -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to security at symfony-project.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en
