Docs For Class jForms

Description

static class to manage and call a form

A form is identified by a selector, and each instance of a form have a unique id (formId). This id can be the id of a record for example. If it is not given, the id is set to 0.

Located in /forms/jForms.class.php (line 25)

Class Constant Summary

DEFAULT_ID = 0

ERRDATA_INVALID = 1

ERRDATA_REQUIRED = 2

ID_PARAM = '__forms_id__'

Method Summary

static jFormBase create (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

static void destroy (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

static jFormBase fill (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

static jFormBase get (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

Methods

static create (line 47)

Create a new form with empty data

Call it to create a new form, before to display it. Data of the form are stored in the php session in a jFormsDataContainer object. If a form with same id exists, data are erased.

return: the object representing the form
access: public

static jFormBase create (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

string $formSel: the selector of the xml jform file
string $formId: the id of the new instance (an id of a record for example)

static destroy (line 117)

destroy a form in the session

use it after saving data of a form, and if you don't want to re-display the form.

access: public

static void destroy (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

string $formSel: the selector of the xml jform file
string $formId: the id of the form (if you use multiple instance of a form)

static fill (line 102)

get an existing instance of a form, and fill it with data provided by the request

use it in the action called to submit a webform.

return: the object representing the form. Return null if there isn't an existing form
access: public

static jFormBase fill (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

string $formSel: the selector of the xml jform file
string $formId: the id of the form (if you use multiple instance of a form)

static get (line 72)

get an existing instance of a form

In your controller, call it before to re-display a form with existing data.

return: the object representing the form. Return null if there isn't an existing form
access: public

static jFormBase get (string $formSel, [string $formId = null])

string $formSel: the selector of the xml jform file
string $formId: the id of the form (if you use multiple instance of a form)

Class Constants

DEFAULT_ID = 0 (line 29)

ERRDATA_INVALID = 1 (line 31)

ERRDATA_REQUIRED = 2 (line 32)

ID_PARAM = '__forms_id__' (line 27)