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Mickaël Leger
Mickaël Leger

Reputation: 3440

What is the better solution if I want multiple form for the same entity?

As I said in my title, imagine I have one entity User and I want to create multiple form for this entity.

For example, this is my class User :

class User
{
    protected $firstname;
    protected $lastname;
    protected $sex;
    protected $birthdate
    protected $phone;
    protected $email;
    protected $password;
}

Now I want to create multiple form for this entity :

I find this solution and I'd like to know if it's the best practice or not :

In my "FormType", I configure my options like this :

/**
* @param OptionsResolver $resolver
*/
public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'data_class' => 'AppBundle\Entity\User',
        'fields' => false,
    ));
}

Then I create a loop for each fields I want :

/**
 * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
 * @param array $options
 */
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
    if($options['fields']){
       foreach($options['fields'] as $field){
                   $builder->add($field);
       }
    } else {
          // Every field I want
    }


}

And in my Controller, I can use it like this :

$form  = $this->createForm(UserType::class,$user,['fields' => ['email','password', 'other...']);

With the same idea, I maybe can give a name to my different form and if I don't write a name in my "options" I create the "Register" form, if I write "connexion" I build the "Connexion" form, etc.

Do you have a better solution or it's the best way to do it?

(I know you can do it with FOSUserBundle, but I pick "User" for the example)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (1)

Igor W.
Igor W.

Reputation: 431

You can do it like you wrote.

But i think better solution is to write specialized php form classes. Than you would have types like you wrote. But form classes are called with Type word in Symfony:

  • RegisterType (ask every fields)

  • ConnectionType (ask email + password)

  • ForgetPasswordType (ask email)

Here you have Best Practices and more tips from Symfony (first paragraph is about forms): http://symfony.com/doc/2.8/best_practices/forms.html

Upvotes: 1

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