Re: QuickForm installer bug? + Can't display values

On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 11:53, Bertrand Mansion wrote: > <stirado@campus.gym.itesm.mx> wrote : > > > > > At 10:09 AM 5/31/2002 +0200, you wrote: > >> le 31/05/02 2:21, Sergio Tirado à stirado@campus.gym.itesm.mx a écrit : > >> > >>> Once that was working, I found some problems with one of the two > >>> examples included. I had to comment out a few lines related to > >>> <select> and form validation to get it working. > >> > >> Which example are you talking about ? 1 or 2 ? > > > > Example 1. I had to comment out this lines: > > > > //$select = &$form->getElement('iselTest'); > > //$select->setSize(5); > > //$select->setMultiple(true); > > Check your version of HTML_Common in the HTML directory and update it to the > latest release. QuickForm makes extensive use of this class. > > >>> Despite all that, I started playing with it and looks great too, however, > >>> once I made the form I wanted, I can use it to get values from it but > >>> I haven't found a way to get it to display values I have retrieved from > >>> a database. ¿Could someone tell me how to do this? > >> > >> Do you use setDefaults ? Look at the example 1. > > > > Right now I'm doing this and it shows record info the first time only. > > > > require_once("HTML/QuickForm.php"); > > > > if ($_POST["action"]=="Add") { > > $uid = ""; > > } else { > > $p_key = "L00263822"; > > list($uid,$did,$n,$ln) = $u->get($p_key); // Load the record info > > } > > > > $form =& new HTML_QuickForm("$PHP_SELF","POST"); > > $form->addElement('text', 'frm_uid', "User Id", > > "size='9', maxlength='9' > > value='$uid'"); > > $form->addElement('select', 'frm_did', 'Dept:', > > array('Admon'=>'A', > > > > 'Dirección'=>'B','UIB'=>'C','Prepa'=>'D')); > > $form->addElement('text', 'frm_n', 'Name:', > > "size='30', maxlength='30' > > value='$n'"); > > $form->addElement('text', 'frm_ap', 'Last name:', > > "size='30', maxlength='30' > > value='$ln'"); > > $form->addElement('submit', 'action', 'Add'); > > $form->addElement('submit', 'action', 'Remove'); > > $form->display($body); > > This is all wrong. To set the values you have to use either > setDefaults($array of key-value pairs) (when the form is displayed for the > first time) or loadValues() (when the form has errors). The way you declare > your attributes is also wrong. Get rid of the quotes or use an array instead > (example: array('size'=>30, 'maxlength'=>30) or string: 'size=30 > maxlength=30'. Do not set the value of your elements in the attributes (even > if this is possible :-) > > > I tried setDefaults yesterday but it wasn't working. I'll give it a try again > > and report on results. > > > >> What version of php do you use ? > > > > php-4.1.2-7. Haven't found php-4.2.1-0.i386.rpm yet. > > > >> Can you try to install Auth with pear installer and report if it installs > >> everything in the same directory or create the container directory as > >> expected or if it does the same thing as with QuickForm. > >> > >> I reported a bug for that yesterday. There's nothing else I can do about it. > > > > I installed Auth as you requested > > > > [root@www root]# pear install http://pear.php.net/get/Auth > > install ok: Auth 1.0.2 > > > > Under my /usr/share/pear/Auth directory I can see this: > > > > [root@www Auth]# ls -l > > total 48 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19238 May 31 09:56 Auth.php > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731 May 31 09:56 Container.php > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8199 May 31 09:56 DB.php > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3229 May 31 09:56 File.php > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5695 May 31 09:56 LDAP.php > > > > So it did it again: It is not creating sub-directories. > > OK, this is the evidence that the latest version of the pear installer is > bogus. I have sent a bug report yesterday but have had no comment of any > kind since. Does it work better for you after the NEW_UI_API branch merge? - Stig