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(almost) real life depage-forms example
(almost) real life depage-forms exampleContains a common personal information form. Some elements are set required and the username has a minimum length.
<?php
/*
* Load the library...
*/
require_once '../../HtmlForm.php';
/*
* Create the example form 'userInfoExample'. This time, instead of the default
* 'submit', the button text should say 'Send'.
*/
/*
* Create subgroup of data elements
*/
$dataFieldset = $form->addFieldset('dataFieldset', array('label' => 'Personal Information'));
/*
* First & last name fields. Nothing special here.
*/
$dataFieldset->addText('firstName', array('label' => 'First name'));
$dataFieldset->addText('lastName', array('label' => 'Last name'));
/*
* User name field, required by the form. Contains custom validator with a
* regular expression. The title text is displayed on mousover; it should
* usually explain the validator pattern.
*/
$dataFieldset->addText('userName', array('label' => 'User name', 'required' => true, 'validator' => '/.{6,}/', 'title' => 'at least 6 characters'));
/*
* Email field, required by the form.
*/
$dataFieldset->addEmail('email', array('label' => 'Email address', 'required' => true));
/*
* Language selection
*/
$dataFieldset->addSingle('language', array(
'label' => 'Language',
'skin' => 'select',
'list' => array(
'en' => 'English',
'es' => 'Spanish',
'fr' => 'French',
'de' => 'German',
),
));
/*
* Subgroup for the legal stuff
*/
$checkFieldset = $form->addFieldset('checkFieldset', array('label' => 'Terms and Conditions'));
/*
* Terms & conditions checkboxes
*
* When they're set required, they have to be checked to continue
*/
$checkFieldset->addBoolean('read', array('label' => 'I have read and understood the terms and conditions.', 'required' => true));
$checkFieldset->addBoolean('accept', array('label' => 'Accept terms and conditions.', 'required' => true));
/*
* The process method is essential to the functionality of the form. It serves
* various purposes:
* - it validates submitted data if there is any
* - it redirects to the success page if all the data is valid
* - it stores the data in the session and redirects to the form to circumvent
* the form resubmission problem
*/
$form->process();
if ($form->validate()) {
/*
* Success, do something useful with the data and clear the session.
*/
echo('<a href="">back</a>');
echo('<pre>');
var_dump($form->getValues());
echo('</pre>');
/*
* Generally, one would acceѕs the form data like this...
*/
$data = $form->getValues();
$username = $data['userName'];
$form->clearSession();
} else {
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../lib/css/depage-forms.css">
</head>
<body>
<?php echo($form); ?>
</body>
<?php
}