Question

I have created this file at My/View/Helper/FormElement.php

<?php

abstract class My_View_Helper_FormElement extends Zend_View_Helper_FormElement
{

    protected function _getInfo($name, $value = null, $attribs = null,
        $options = null, $listsep = null
    ) {

        $info = parent::_getInfo($name, $value, $attribs, $options, $listsep);

        $info['id'] = 'My new ID';

        return $info;
    }
}

How can i get the normal form elements to use this instead?

Why i want this?

Say that i use the same form multiple times on a page, the ‘id=’-tag of the formelements will apear multiple times, this is not w3c-valid. So initially i want to prefix the id with the id of the form.

Any better ideas or ways to do this is much apreciated.

Update: Just realized it’s the same problem with the decorators 🙁 Don’t think this is the right path i’ve taken.

Answer 1

Using multiple instances of same forms on a page can be validated if used as subform.

SubForms prefix all id’s with the name/identifier of the subform.