Question

Any one a idea how to simply create a form with Zend_Form and jquery? I want to use Zend_Form to validate the form so I don’t have to dual script the form in JavaScript and PHP.

Thank you,

Ivo Trompert

Answer 1

No problem there.

Add ZendX_JQuery to your library if you use autoload.

Then extend ZendX_JQuery_Form to your needs. Do your stuff in the init() method of your class.

For example, I was able to create an AutoComplete field which has regular Zend_Form validation plus JQuery behavior like this:

$elem = new ZendX_JQuery_Form_Element_AutoComplete(     'query',      array('Label' => 'Search',            'required'=>true,            'filters'=>array('StripTags'),            'validators'=>array(                             array('validator'=>'StringLength',                                 'options'=>array('min'=>'3'),                                 'breakChainOnFailure'=>true                                 ),                             array('Alnum')                 )         )     );  $elem->setJQueryParams(array('data' => array(),     'url' => 'my_autocomplete_callback.php',     'minChars' => 1,     'onChangeInterval' => 500,     ) ); 

Then I even changed the default decorators like this:

$elementDecorators = array(     array('UiWidgetElement', array('tag' => '')),     array('Errors', array('tag' => 'div', 'class'=>'error')),     array('Label'),     array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div')), ); $elem->setDecorators($elementDecorators); 

And finally add to my form (remember I’m in the init() so I’ll address it via $this):

$this->addElement($elem); 

There you are, the magic is done.

PS: don’t forget to add the following in your bootstrap:

$view->addHelperPath('ZendX/JQuery/View/Helper/', 'ZendX_JQuery_View_Helper');