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SlimenTN
SlimenTN

Reputation: 3564

Symfony2: init EntityType field with empty data

I have a field (EntityType => select in the view) in my FormBuilder that I want it to be in initialized with empty data so I can fill it after that in the view via ajax.
So I have read symfony's documentation about EntityType and I found the choices attribute that receives an array of data, so I gave it an empty one 'choices' => array() and it did the trick.
Now the problem is when I submit the form, symfony don't know anymore the type of the field and give me null.
This is the builder:

$buidler->add('supplier', EntityType::class, array(
                'class' => 'SBC\TiersBundle\Entity\Supplier',
                'attr' => array(
                    'class' => 'uk-select uk-select-supplier'
                ),
                'choices' => array(),
            ))

As you can see the the type of the field is SBC\TiersBundle\Entity\Supplier but after submit symfony gives me null !
What should I do to achieve my goal?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1583

Answers (2)

SlimenTN
SlimenTN

Reputation: 3564

All right, this is the solution:
First, I need to pass the EntityManager to my form, and to do this I have created a service:

services:
    payment.supplier.form:
        class: SBC\PaymentBundle\Form\PaymentSupplierType
        tags:
            - { name: form.type, alias: form_em }
        arguments: ["@doctrine.orm.entity_manager"]

Then call the EntityManager in the __construct function:

 private $em;
 private $supplier;

 function __construct(EntityManager $em)
 {
    $this->em = $em;
 }

Second, I need to add two events to the form:
PRE_SUBMIT (to get supplier's code and create Supplier object using the EntityManager):

$builder->addEventListener(
            FormEvents::PRE_SUBMIT,
            function(FormEvent $event){
                $data = $event->getData();
                $code = $data['supplier'];
                $this->supplier = $this->em->getRepository('TiersBundle:Supplier')->find($code);
            }
        );

And finally, use the POST_SUBMIT event to set the supplier object in the submitted data:

$builder->addEventListener(
            FormEvents::POST_SUBMIT,
            function(FormEvent $event){
                $object = $event->getData();
                $object->setSupplier($this->supplier);
                $event->setData($object);

            }
        );

Thanx to Виталий Бойко who gave me a hint about the form events.
So this is what I did with my knowledge and if you have a better solution please share it with us.

Upvotes: 3

Виталий Бойко
Виталий Бойко

Reputation: 36

Symfony by default use security for forms, so if you didn't have choices in form builder, you can't pass custom choices to the form after render only via javascript, because you get not valid form. You need to create eventlistener for the form. Check this link for more informationenter link description here, here you can find how to add choices. P.S. sorry for my English)

Upvotes: 0

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