Question

I have a zend_form for updating and inserting data.
I want it to have diffrent sumbit labels but it doesn’t seem to work.
My form:

class Staff_Form extends Zend_Form
{
    public function init()
    {
        $this->setAction('')
                ->setMethod('post');

        $firstname = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('firstname');
        $firstname->setLabel('firstname')->setRequired(true);

        $submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
        $submit->setName('insert');

        $this->addElements(array(
            $firstname,
            $submit
        ));
    }
}

Now I would expect this to work:

//in controller
$form = new My_Form();
$form->getElement('submit')->setName('update');

But it gives a fatal error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function setName() on a non-object in…..
So I tried:

$first = $form->getElement('firstname');
var_dump($first);
echo 'html break';
$submit = $form->getElement('submit');
var_dump($submit);
die();

It appears $submit is NULL

What Am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Should really be an typing error somewhere in your code, i just tested the following which works:

class Application_Form_Test extends Zend_Form
{
  public function init()
  {
    $sub = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
    $sub->setLabel('Submit Me');

    $this->addElement($sub);
  }
}

//controller - It works
$form = new Application_Form_Test();
$sub = $form->getElement('submit');
$sub->setName('wahahahar');