Form Definition

Use AbstractFieldDefinition

Windwalker provides a simple interface to define form field. Just create a class extends to Windwalker\Core\Form\AbstractFieldDefinition and add field type by $this->{type}('{name}').

<?php

use Windwalker\Core\Form\AbstractFieldDefinition;
use Windwalker\Form\Form;

class EditDefinition extends AbstractFieldDefinition
{
    protected function doDefine(Form $form)
    {
        $this->fieldset('basic', function (Form $form)
        {
            $this->hidden('id');

            $this->text('title')->label('Title')
                ->setClass('input-large')
                ->set('placeholder', 'Please enter title')
                ->required();

            $this->textarea('content')->label('Content')
                ->set('rows', 15)
                ->required();
        });
    }
}

Then register this class to Form:

use Windwalker\Form\Form;

$form = new Form;
$form->defineFormFields(new EditDefinition);

echo $form->renderFields('basic');

The output:

<div id="input-id-control" class="hidden-field ">
    <label id="input-id-label" for="input-id"></label>
    <input type="hidden" name="id" id="input-id" />
</div>
<div id="input-title-control" class="text-field ">
    <label id="input-title-label" for="input-title"><span class="windwalker-input-required-hint">*</span> Title</label>
    <input type="text" name="title" id="input-title" class="input-large" placeholder="Please enter title" value="" required />
</div>
<div id="input-content-control" class="textarea-field ">
    <label id="input-content-label" for="input-content"><span class="windwalker-input-required-hint">*</span> Content</label>
    <textarea name="content" id="input-content" required rows="15"></textarea>
</div>

Custom Field Class

You can also use add() method to add custom field class:

use Windwalker\Form\Field\AbstractField;

class MyField extends AbstractField
{
    // ...
}

// in AbstractFieldDefinition

$this->add('field_name', new MyField);

There has three methods: fieldset(), group() and wrap() are alias to methods with same name in Form, See Form Builder

Available Fields

• text($name = null, $label = null)
• button($name = null, $label = null)
• checkbox($name = null, $label = null)
• checkboxes($name = null, $label = null)
• customHtml($name = null, $label = null)
• email($name = null, $label = null)
• hidden($name = null, $label = null)
• list($name = null, $label = null)
• password($name = null, $label = null)
• radio($name = null, $label = null)
• spacer($name = null, $label = null)
• textarea($name = null, $label = null)
• timezone($name = null, $label = null)

Add Custom Methods by Traits

If you have a lot of custom fields, you can register them to AbstractFieldDefinition.

First, you must put all fields in one folder with same namespace, and all field classes' name should follows {Name}Field rule. And create a trait with boot method.

/**
 * The MyFieldTrait class.
 *
 * @method  \MyPackage\Field\FooField foo($name = null, $label = null)
 * @method  \MyPackage\Field\BarField bar($name = null, $label = null)
 * @method  \MyPackage\Field\BazField baz($name = null, $label = null)
 */
trait MyFieldTrait
{
    public function bootMyFieldTrait()
    {
        $this->addNamespace('MyPackage\Field');
    }
}

Use this trait in your definition class, then you are able to use foo() to get MyPackage\Field\FooField:

class EditDefinition extends AbstractFieldDefinition
{
    use MyFieldTrait;

    protected function doDefine(Form $form)
    {
        // ...

        $this->foo('field_name')
            ->label('Foo');
    }
}

If your field naming convention not follows default rule, you can add a method to create it.

trait MyFieldTrait
{
    // ...

    public function sakura($name = null, $label = null)
    {
        return new MyFieldSakura($name, $label);
    }
}

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