Home » Database » DB_DataObject_FormBuilder » Bug #7447

[2006-04-20 22:40 UTC] rbradford at khov dot com

Description:
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It would be really useful to have a method which would turn
included elements into hidden elements. In some of my
forms where I add records I include most of my fields from a
data object, but some of these included fields I don't want
displayed. I know you can use preGenerateForm() and
fb_preDefElements[] to create hidden elements, but a simple
method for this would help a lot.

I'm not totally sure what the method would be (or even if it
is a FormBuilder method), but this is what I was thinking:

$something = DB_DataObject::factory('somethings');
$builder =& DB_DataObject_FormBuilder::create($something);
$elementsToHide = array('user_id', 'created_at'));
$builder->hideElements($elementsToHide);

For example, if this was a form to add a new "something"
then somewhere along the line you could assign values to the
'user_id' and 'created_at' elements but then hide them.
Again, I'm not sure if this method would be in the
FormBuilder or QuickForm classes.

Just a thought.