Question

I’m creating a simple contact form within my ZF application. It doesn’t feel like it’s worth the trouble to manipulate decorators for only a few form elements.

My Question is: am I able to still use Zend Form Filters on elements that are not created with Zend Form:

For Example:

The Form:

<!-- Standard HTML - not generated with ZF -->
<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="/contact/submit">
    <input type="text" name="name" />
    <input type="email" name="email" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>

The Controller:

public function submitAction()
{
    $params = $this->_request->getParams();
    //Am I able to apply filters/validators to the data I get from the request?
    //What is the best way to handle this?
}

I took a look at this (the answer from Darcy Hastings) – and it seems like it would work, it just feels a bit hacky.

Any and all advice appreciated.

Thanks,
Ken

Answer 1

yes, you can use Zend_Filter_Input, here is an example of how to set it up.

       //set filters and validators for Zend_Filter_Input
        $filters = array(
            'trackid' => array('HtmlEntities', 'StripTags')
        );

        $validators = array(
            'trackid' => array('NotEmpty', 'Int')
        );

        //assign Input
        $input = new Zend_Filter_Input($filters, $validators);
        $input->setData($this->getRequest()->getParams());

            //check input is valid and is specifically posted as 'Delete Selected'
            if ($input->isValid()) {

also you may consider using the viewscript decorator to render a Zend Form, The control is absolute (or almost).:

//in your controller action
public function indexAction() {
        //a normally constructed Zend_Form
        $form = new Member_Form_Bid();
        $form->setAction('/member/bid/preference');
        //attach a partial to display the form, this is the decrator
        $form->setDecorators(array(
            array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => '_bidForm.phtml'))
        ));
  $this->view->form = $form;

//the view
<?php echo $this->form?>

//the partial
//use a normal Zend_Form and display only the parts you want
//processing in an action is done like any other Zend_Form
form action="<?php echo $this->element->getAction() ?>"
      method="<?php echo $this->element->getMethod() ?>">
    <table id="sort">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="2">Sort By Shift</th>
            <th colspan="2">Sort By Days Off</th>
            <th colspan="2">Sort By Bid Location</th>
        </tr>
        <tr></tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="label"><?php echo $this->element->shift->renderLabel() ?></td>
            <td class="element"><?php echo $this->element->shift->renderViewHelper() ?></td>
            <td class="label"><?php echo $this->element->weekend->renderLabel() ?></td>
            <td class="element"><?php echo $this->element->weekend->renderViewHelper() ?></td>
            <td class="label"><?php echo $this->element->bidlocation->renderLabel() ?></td>
            <td class="element"><?php echo $this->element->bidlocation->renderViewHelper() ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="6" style="text-align: center"><?php echo $this->element->submit ?></td>
        </tr>
    </table>   
</form>