form smarty xtemplate pattemplate support

getVars() method

This method returns an array of form elements, which can be used in template engines (eg. like Smarty). The array format is the following:

Array index Description

fields An array of HTML code chunks, each array element is in the 'fieldname' => 'HTML chunk' format

formopen The form opening tag including all the parameters (method, action, name, etc.). To get a working clonefish form, you have to include the value of this array element in your final HTML code.

script The JavaScript code that validates the form on the client-side. To get a working clonefish form, you have to include the value of this array element in your final HTML code.

formclose The form closing tag

messages An array containing error messages if the $outputmessages property is set to 1.

messageslayout The error messages formatted according to the layout settings ( $messageprefix, $messagecontainerlayout, $messagelayout, $messagepostfix )

Example:

Array index	Description
fields	An array of HTML code chunks, each array element is in the `'fieldname' => 'HTML chunk'` format
formopen	The form opening tag including all the parameters (method, action, name, etc.). To get a working clonefish form, you have to include the value of this array element in your final HTML code.
script	The JavaScript code that validates the form on the client-side. To get a working clonefish form, you have to include the value of this array element in your final HTML code.
formclose	The form closing tag
messages	An array containing error messages if the `$outputmessages` property is set to 1.
messageslayout	The error messages formatted according to the layout settings ( `$messageprefix`, `$messagecontainerlayout`, `$messagelayout`, `$messagepostfix` )

$vars = $clonefish->getVars();
print_r( $vars );

The output:


Array(

  'fields' => Array(
     'name'     => '<input type="text" name="name" value="James Bond">',
     'id'       => '<input type="text" name="id" value="007">',
     'language' => '<select name="language">' .
                     '<option value="en">English</option>' .
                     '<option value="hu">Hungarian</option>' .
                     '<option value="fr">French</option>' .
                   '</select>'
  ),

  'formopen' => '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" 
                       name="regform" action="test.php" 
                       onsubmit="return check_regform();" method="post">',

  'script' => '[...]'
              // JavaScript validation code 
              // including the <script></script>
              // tags

  'formclose' => '</form>',

  // error messages, if the validation failed:
  'messages' => Array(
    0 => "The 'login name' field is required",
    1 => "The 'password' field is required",
    2 => "The 'e-mail' field is required (specify a valid e-mail address)"

  // error messages formatted according to the
  // message layout settings
  'messageslayout' => "The following problems occured: " .
                      "<ul>"
                        "<li>The 'login name' field is required</li>" . 
                        "<li>The 'password' field is required</li>" .
                        "<li>The 'e-mail' field is required (specify " .
                        "a valid e-mail address)</li>" .
                      "</ul>"

)