displayHead( 'Example' );
require_once 'patForms.php';
require_once 'patErrorManager.php';
// normal elements definition - these will be added
// to the form as usual.
$elementsDefinition = array(
'username' => array(
'type' => 'String',
'attributes' => array(
'required' => 'yes',
'display' => 'yes',
'edit' => 'yes',
'label' => 'Username',
'description' => 'Enter your username here. Maximum length: [ELEMENT_MAXLENGTH]',
'default' => 'argh',
'maxlength' => '15',
'minlength' => '4',
'title' => 'Username',
),
),
'password' => array(
'type' => 'String',
'attributes' => array(
"type" => "password",
"required" => "yes",
"display" => "yes",
"edit" => "yes",
"label" => "Password",
"description" => "Enter your password here. Maximum length: [ELEMENT_MAXLENGTH]",
"maxlength" => "15",
"minlength" => "4",
"title" => "Password",
),
),
);
// definition of the group element itself - it does not need
// that many attributes, as it is only a container element.
$groupDefinition = array(
'display' => 'yes',
'label' => 'Basic Data',
'title' => 'Basic Data',
'description' => 'Basic authentication data',
);
// definition of the area element which will be a part of the group
$areaDefinition = array(
'required' => 'yes',
'display' => 'yes',
'edit' => 'yes',
'label' => 'Area',
'title' => 'Area',
'description' => 'Choose the area to access here.',
'values' => array(
array(
'label' => 'Please choose an area...',
'value' => '',
),
array(
'label' => 'Very pretty area',
'value' => 'a01',
),
array(
'label' => 'No-nonsense area',
'value' => 'a02',
),
),
);
// definition of the secure element which will be a part of the group
$secureDefinition = array(
'required' => 'yes',
'display' => 'yes',
'edit' => 'yes',
'label' => 'Secure access',
'title' => 'Secure access',
'description' => 'Choose the area to access here.',
'clicklabel' => 'yes',
'value' => 'yes',
'id' => 'mySecure'
);
// create the form
$form =& patForms::createForm( $elementsDefinition, array( 'name' => 'myForm' ) );
$form->setNamespace('mynamespace');
// create the needed renderer
$renderer =& patForms::createRenderer( "Array" );
// set the renderer
$form->setRenderer( $renderer );
// create the group element
$groupEl =& patForms::createElement( 'loginOptions', 'Group', $groupDefinition );
// give the group the needed renderer too - we can use
// the same here
$groupEl->setRenderer( $renderer );
// create the elements for the group
$gel1 =& patForms::createElement( 'area', 'Enum', $areaDefinition );
$gel2 =& patForms::createElement( 'secure', 'Switch', $secureDefinition );
// now add the elements to the group
$groupEl->addElement( $gel1 );
$groupEl->addElement( $gel2 );
// and add the group to the form
$form->addElement( $groupEl );
// use auto-validation
$form->setAutoValidate( 'save' );
/*
$foo = $form->getElementByName('area');
echo $foo->serialize();
$bar = $form->getElementById('mySecure');
echo $bar->serialize();
*/
// serialize the elements
$elements = $form->renderForm();
// ERROR DISPLAY ------------------------------------------------------
// ask the form if it has been submitted and display errors. For
// convenience and also to keep the examples easy to understand, all
// the following examples will use teh helper methods of the examples
// framework to display the errors and the form.
if( $form->isSubmitted() )
{
displayErrors( $form ); // see patExampleGen/customFunctions.php
}
// DISPLAY FORM ------------------------------------------------------
// output the opening form tag
echo $form->serializeStart();
// display all elements
foreach( $elements as $element )
{
echo '
';
// a group acts like a form, so the group element's element
// is actually a new array with a list of elements that have
// been rendered each - we simply display them all too.
//
// NOTE: this is just to show you how the structure looks like!
if( is_array( $element['element'] ) )
{
echo '';
}
// normal element
else
{
echo $element['label']." ";
echo "