On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Rob McC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I am getting the hang of web2py, and having a lot of fun learning this >> superb framework. >> >> Question: >> In the "from PHP to web2py" documentation Should >> return dict() >> read >> return dict(form=form) > > > Maybe we could get Massimo to post the typical workflow for a request (the > new book draft image on Page 6 --- really makes things clear). > You can get a bit of the feel for the workflow from slide 23 on the http://www.web2py.com home page (the the image I mentioned I find more appealing, just enough more details). > > The way to think of this: the return on index actually passes it's return > to the View (mapped by web2py to match the view for the request). > > If you read this as > > def index(): > send dict() -> view.default.index.html() > > then you will see this is correct. For "send dict( form=form )" you > are saying the view's 'form' variable will recieve the controller's form > variable. Since in this example, the body of the index view does not > output the value of any of it's variables (only constants - it is using a > variable for loop control, but is outputing a constant string 5 times), this > is unnecessary. > > If somewhere you had in the view ... {{=form}} (which you read as > "output the value of form) then your index() controller would need to have > something valid to pass, e.g. something that would logically say something > along the lines of: > > send dict( view.form = controller.form ) > > I hope I'm not taking too many liberties with paraphrasing what this is all > really saying. > > Does this make sense now? > > >> >> >> Or am I mission something? >> >> Many thanks, >> Rob >> >> REFERENCE: >> from PHP to web2py >> http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/106 >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> AS STATED: (didn't work) >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> def index(): >> form=FORM(INPUT(_name="n"),INPUT(_type="submit")) >> if form.accepts(request.vars): >> session.n=form.vars.n >> redirect('hello') >> return dict() >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> THIS WORKS FOR ME: >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> def index(): >> form=FORM(INPUT(_name="n"),INPUT(_type="submit")) >> if form.accepts(request.vars): >> session.n=form.vars.n >> redirect('hello') >> return dict(form=form) >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
