Forms

PhalconForms is a component aids the developer in the creation and maintenance of forms in web applications.

The following example shows its basic usage:

use Phalcon\Forms\Form,
        Phalcon\Forms\Element\Text;

$form = new Form();

$form->add(new Text("name"));

$form->add(new Text("telephone"));

$form->add(new Select("telephoneType", array(
        'H' => 'Home',
        'C' => 'Cell'
)));

Forms can be rendered based on the form definition:

<h1>Contacts</h1>

<form method="post">

        <p>
                <label>Name</label>
                <?php echo $form->render("name") ?>
        </p>

        <p>
                <label>Telephone</label>
                <?php echo $form->render("telephone") ?>
        </p>

        <p>
                <label>Type</label>
                <?php echo $form->render("telephoneType") ?>
        </p>

        <p>
                <input type="submit" value="Save" />
        </p>

</form>

Each element in the form can be rendered as required by the developer. Internally, Phalcon\Tag is used to produce the right HTML for each element, you can pass additional html attributes as second parameter for render:

<p>
        <label>Name</label>
        <?php echo $form->render("name", array('maxlength' => 30, 'placeholder' => 'Type your name')) ?>
</p>

HTML Attributes also can be set in the element’s definition:

$form->add(new Text("name", array(
        'maxlength' => 30,
        'placeholder' => 'Type your name'
)));