static function create($definition, $object = null)
{
$form = patForms::createForm(null, array('name' => $definition->name));
foreach ($definition->elements as $el) {
$element =& $form->createElement($el['name'], $el['type'], null);
if (!empty($el['attributes']['datasource'])) {
$ds = $el['attributes']['datasource'];
unset($el['attributes']['datasource']);
$element->setDatasource(new $ds['name']($ds));
}
// patForms will choke when we try to set attributes that
// don't exist for an element type. So we'll have to ask.
foreach ($el['attributes'] as $name => $value) {
if ($element->hasAttribute($name)) {
$element->setAttribute($name, $value);
}
}
if (isset($el['rules'])) {
foreach ($el['rules'] as $rule) {
$element->addRule(new $rule['type']($rule));
}
}
$form->addElement($element);
}
if (!is_null($object)) {
$form->setValues($object->toArray());
}
if ($definition->autoValidate) {
$form->setAutoValidate($definition->autoValidate);
}
return $form;
}
/**
* Create a form from a propel instance
*
* @access public
* @param mixed $object An instance of a Propel object
* @param array $options Any options the creator may need
* @return object $form The patForms object, or a patError object on failure.
*/
function &create($object, $options = array())
{
// Propel stuff
$propel_peer = $object->getPeer();
$propel_mapBuilder = $propel_peer->getMapBuilder();
// Not sure if we're gonna need this one
$propel_tablename = constant(get_class($propel_peer) . '::TABLE_NAME');
$propel_tableMap = $propel_mapBuilder->getDatabaseMap()->getTable($propel_tablename);
// The form
$form =& patForms::createForm(null, array('name' => 'patForms_Creator_Form'));
$propel_cols = $propel_tableMap->getColumns();
foreach ($propel_cols as $propel_colname => $propel_col) {
// phpName can be altered by editing the schema.xml,
// thus I think, we should lowercase()/ucfirst() this
$propel_colname = strtolower($propel_colname);
$el_displayname = ucFirst($propel_colname);
// this could be omitted of course, but I think, it's a
// convenient way to get more safe request properties
$el_name = $propel_tablename . '[' . $propel_colname . ']';
$el_attr = array('edit' => 'yes', 'title' => $el_displayname, 'label' => $el_displayname, 'name' => $el_name, 'description' => $el_displayname);
//// Obsolete ?
// Parse column info to element type info
//$type_info = $this->parseTypeInfoFromColumn($propel_col);
// Merge extra element attributes
//$el_attr = array_merge( $el_attr, $type_info['attributes'] );
// Is the element required ? Can we retrieve this info from the Column object ?
$el_attr['required'] = 'yes';
// Value: for now we use default to set the value. Is there a better (more correct) way to do this ?
$el_attr['default'] = $object->{'get' . $propel_col->getPhpName()}();
if ($propel_col->isPrimaryKey()) {
$el_type = 'hidden';
} else {
$el_type = self::$creoleTypeMapping[$propel_col->getCreoleType()];
}
$el =& $form->createElement($el_name, $el_type, null);
// patForms will choke when we try to set attributes
// that don't match the element type. So we'll ask.
foreach ($el_attr as $name => $value) {
if ($el->hasAttribute($name)) {
$el->setAttribute($name, $value);
}
}
$form->addElement($el);
}
return $form;
}