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user17
user17

Reputation: 383

Whats the best way to insert selected checkboxes data in database in symfony2 doctrine

I have a table called 'Tasks', and 'User' has a Many-to-Many relation with tasks.

On the page I am showing:

<input type="checkbox" name="tasks[]" value="task.id"> TaskName

<input type="checkbox"> name="tasks[]" TaskName2

<input type="checkbox"> name="tasks[]" TaskName3

I want to know: On the server side, how can I get the array of checkboxes which were selected by the user?

If I get the collection then I can add it, using

User->addTasks(tasks)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1363

Answers (1)

Thomas Kelley
Thomas Kelley

Reputation: 10302

It doesn't look like you are using Symfony's built-in forms functionality. I'd highly recommend looking into it...

With Symfony forms, you can show entities as checkboxes by setting both of the "expanded" and "multiple" options each to true:

// StackOverflow\BulbasaurBundle\Form\TrainerType.php

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilder;

class TrainerType extends AbstractType
{
    ...
    public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('name')
            ->add(
                'pokemon',
                'entity',
                array
                (
                    "class" => "BulbasaurBundle:Pokemon",
                    "expanded" => true,
                    "multiple" => true,
                    "property" => "description"
                )
            );
    }

    ...
}

When this form is rendered, it will display each of the Pokemon entities as checkboxes, using the __toString() method as the checkbox's label.

An added bonus to using Symfony forms is that Symfony will manage which boxes are checked automagically. The form acts as the intermediary between the entity and the request/views. That is, when you make a request to change the object, the controller creates a form based on that object's current state, and presents it to the user. Conversely, when the user submits that data, the controller can bind the request information to the entity, and can then persist it.

More information on Symfony2 forms here: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/forms.html

Upvotes: 1

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