Comments on: Snippet: Symfony Forms – Setting Default Values

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:04:47 +0000

Thank you!

I often forget the simply things. @Jorgo, thanks for posting the array method aswell – that will come in handy :)

By: Jorgo

Jorgo — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:40:34 +0000

Very nice. Thank you.
I wasn’t aware that I could set the values directly on the object.

Here’s an example how I was setting the defaults:

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$myDefaults = array(
'cart_id' => $this->getUser()->getAttribute('cart_id'),
'product_id' => $this->product['product_id'],
'quantity' => 1
);

$this->form = new AddToCartForm();
$this->form->setDefaults(array_merge($this->form->getDefaults(), $myDefaults));

By: Apul

Apul — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:19:00 +0000

Yes. That’s the thing.

Thanks.

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:06:35 +0000

@Apul You wouldn’t (and can’t as fas as I am aware) pass a “default” value from an action to a form. Either the form itself has a “default” value (and is set as shown in this Snippet) or the object passed to the form has a “default” value.

If you have values to assign to the form from your action, then you would set these on a relevant object, and then pass the object to the form as shown here:

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//apps/myApp/modules/myModule/actions/actions.class.php
public function executeMyAction(sfWebRequest $request)
{
// create an object for the form
$object = new MyObject();
// object already has default values, or to set additional ones:
$object->setValue('Default');
// instantiate the new form with it's object
$this->form = new MyObjectForm($object);
}
?>

I hope this answers your question?

By: Apul

Apul — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:40:55 +0000

But, How to pass these default values from action?

By: Ikon

Ikon — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:10:58 +0000

Thank you!

I was totally depressed when trying to set the default value through the widgetschema, which should be fine but actually not. But setting the default value through the form is working perfectly.

More snippets like this pls! XD

By: atze

atze — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:23:56 +0000

it’s been a while, working with symfony – started digging in the widget-codes for default value etc…
found your little snippet – voilá

thx alot, merry chistmas & happy new year

By: Pedro Casado

Pedro Casado — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:15:11 +0000

Cool! I like snippets like these ;D

By: Dratir

Dratir — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:22:46 +0000

Another possibility is to set the default value in the schema. However, I think its prefferable to set it in the Form rather than changing the Database every time ;)

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:52:29 +0000

You’re very welcome :)