Re: M. Lemos's form class questions

Hi Manuel, After we've done with Interbase drivr (for now I guess :-), I'll be glad to help you with the documentation. Please cotact me off the list. Meir Kriheli MKsoft computer systems 'There's someone in my head but it's not me" - Pink Floyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manuel Lemos" <mlemos@acm.org> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] M. Lemos's form class questions > Hello A., > > On 11-Oct-00 01:33:09, you wrote: > > >Has someone managed to create drop down <select> box, > >based on a SQL query, using Manuel Lemos' excellent > >form class? > > I have a class ready for a few months now that does precisely that and much > more. My problem is the lack of time to make it useful by providing > documentation and examples. > > Now that Metabase release with Interbase and Informix drivers were release > I will concentrate my free time on that. First I will answer many of the > requests and feature suggestions for the forms class. But it's all > related. > > Once I update the forms class I alse will release a new killer class that > wraps around the forms class to implement multi-page forms, like those > Wizard like with back and forward buttons or with tabs to switch between > pages randomly. > > Please hang on and be patient. Thank you. > > > >The class requires to define an array, like: > > > $subscription->AddInput(array( > > "TYPE"=>"select", > > "NAME"=>"city", > > "VALUE"=>"unknown", > > "OPTIONS"=>array( > > "unknown"=>"Unknown", > > "0"=>"New York City", > > "1"=>"Washington", > > "2"=>"San Francisco" > > ), > > "ValidationErrorMessage"=>"Please select a city." > > )); > > >and later on calls the method: > > >$subscription->AddInputPart("city"); > > > >I can create a function, which prints/echos this part > >from the query: > > > $subscription->AddInput(array( > > "TYPE"=>"select", > > "NAME"=>"city", > > "VALUE"=>"unknown", > > "OPTIONS"=>array( > > "unknown"=>"Unknown", > > "0"=>"New York City", > > "1"=>"Washington", > > "2"=>"San Francisco" > > ), > > "ValidationErrorMessage"=>"Please select a city." > > )); > > >, but how can I feed it here: > >$subscription->AddInputPart("city"); so that it would > >be accepted? > > I don't quite follow your doubt. You may read in the manual, that the > AddInput function call just defines the input field properties. The > AddInputPart just inserts the field as part of the form output, but what > really outputs the form code with fields and whatever Javascript code > is implied is the Output function. > > I don't know if this helped. > > > >Also, how can I validate the selection, that it would > >require to select one of the cities? > > The simplest way is to use instead of: > > "unknown"=>"Unknown" > > ""=>"Unknown" > > and then set the property "ValidateAsNotEmpty". > > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos