Question

I have an entity with both a name (string) and a file (also a string representing the filename). This is the “Icon” entity.
I have another entity called “Category” which has a name (string) and a relation to an Icon (OneToMany). I want the form to allow a user to select an Icon for a Category.

So I could display it in the form as:

$builder->add('icon', 'entity', array(
    'class' => 'CroltsMainBundle:Icon',
    'expanded' => true,
    'multiple' => false
));

But what I really want is to display something like this in twig for each radio button:

<div>
<label for="something"><img src="/icons/{{icon.file }}" />{{icon.name}}</label>
<input type="radio" name="something" value="{{ icon.id }}" />
</div>

Is there a good way to make that type of radio form with Symfony forms? Like would a custom Type be what I want? I really haven’t done too much with custom types to know how much of this is possible.

Answer 1

Not sure it is the best way but here is how I manage this kind of situation :

1. create a new formtype that behalf as entityType, IconCheckType for instance:
   (http://symfony.com/doc/master/cookbook/form/create_custom_field_type.html)

   namespace .....\Form\Type;
   
   use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
   use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilder;
   use Symfony\Component\Form\FormView;
   use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
   
   
   class IconCheckType extends AbstractType
   {
      /**
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
     public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options) {
   
       $builder -> setAttribute('dataType', $options['dataType']);
     }
   
      /**
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
     public function buildView(FormView $view, FormInterface $form) {
       $view -> set('dataType', $form -> getAttribute('dataType'));
     }
   
      /**
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
     public function getDefaultOptions(array $options) {
       return array('required' => false,'dataType'=>'entity');
     }
   
   
     /**
        * Returns the allowed option values for each option (if any).
        *
        * @param array $options
        *
        * @return array The allowed option values
        */
       public function getAllowedOptionValues(array $options)
       {
           return array('required' => array(false));
       }
   
      /**
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
     public function getParent(array $options) {
       return 'entity';
     }
   
      /**
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
     public function getName() {
       return 'iconcheck';
     }
   
   }
   

2. in your Form

   ...
   ->add('icon', 'iconcheck', array(
           'class' => 'CroltsMainBundle:Icon',
           'property'=>'formField',
           'multiple'=>false,
           'expanded'=>true
         ))
   ...
   

   Note the property=>'formField', that means that instead of return the __toString as label it will return whatever you want from the function getFormField from your entity class

3. So, in your entity class:

   class Icon {
   
   ....
       public function getFormField() {  
          return $this;   /* or an array with only the needed attributes */ 
       }
   
   ....
   }
   

4. then you can render your custom field

   {% block iconcheck_widget %}
      {% for child in form %}
         {% set obj=child.vars.label %}
           <div>
               <label for="something"><img src="/icons/{{obj.file }}" />{{obj.name}}</label>
               {{ form_widget(child) }} {# the radio/checkbox #}
             </div>
         {{ form_widget(child) }}#}
       {% endfor %}
   
   
   {% endblock %}