Re: QuickForm setChecked or setDefaults on Radios not in group?

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:05:17 -0500, Sarah Gray <sarah@fabled.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to set radio defaults if the radio buttons are not part > of a group? > > I tried using setChecked, as described here... > > http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.html.html-quickform.html-quickform-radio.setchecked.php > > But this resulted in the first radio per group being checked, regardless > of which radio I called it on. > > My examples are below, but if it is definitely not possible, please let > me know. > If it is possible, and you have a usage example or correction for me, I > would be very > appreciative. Thanks in advance. > > Sarah > > **** > > My examples. > > I. > This would help me in two cases. On one form it is a layout issue > When I make the radio buttons a group, by doing this, (in a loop) > > $radio[$i] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('radio', null, > $alphabet[$i] .'.', '', $alphabet[$i]); > $form->addGroup($radio, 'single_correct', '', ' '); > $form->setDefaults(array('single_correct' => $selectedRadioValue)); > > the functionality works, but they layout all together. I understand > that I can use a separator, but in my case > the radio buttons need to appear next to text input boxes so an > administrator can create multiple choice options. As in > > A. (radio) Choice 1 > B. (radio) Choice 2 > C. (radio) Choice 3 > > Where "Choice 1" etc are <input type="text">, followed by a <br > />. > > When I put the radio buttons in a group, I get a layout like this, which > isn't so helpful when you're creating a > multiple choice question. > > Choice 1 > Choice 2 > Choice 3 > A. (radio) B. (radio) C. (radio) > > II. > On another form it is not a layout issue, as the choice text is the > radio text itself, but currently the radios are not in a group and I > would prefer > to keep it that way, to avoid re-writing. > > I tried using setChecked but as I said above, this resulted in the first > radio per group being checked, regardless of which radio I called it on. > > This is my code. It is rendering a test and displaying the answers the > user selected (drawing each choice in a loop). > > $form->addElement('radio', $question->question_id, $letter, > $choice->choice_text, $choice->choice_id); > > if( $params['selectedChoices']) { > if( in_array($choice->choice_id, $params['selectedChoices']) ){ > $sel =& $form->getElement($question->question_id); > $sel->setChecked(true); > } > } > > ****************** > > Tips, corrections, examples welcomed. > This seems to work just fine... require_once('HTML/QuickForm.php'); $form = new HTML_QuickForm(); for ($i = 0; $i < 5; ++$i) { $radio[$i] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('radio', 'single_correct', $i.'.', '', $i); $form->addElement($radio[$i]); } $form->setDefaults(array('single_correct' => 3)); echo $form->toHtml(); -- paperCrane --Justin Patrin--