Re: Can you serialize a Formbuilder object?

On 6/27/05 4:06 PM, "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/27/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: >> (I'll mirror this exchange on the mailing list afterward) >> >> I already had those require_once includes you suggested, but without the >> 'serialize' line, I continue to get that __PHP_Incomplete_Class rather than >> FormBuilder type. > > Well when I've seen the incomplete class stuff it was because the > class wasn't required. Are you absolutely sure that the files are > required before you're using the objects? > I am 99.5% sure, of course I'm testing this right now, as this was your only prior experience with this problem. >> >> Can you tell me more about what you meant by 're-generate the FormBuilder'? > > I actually meant regenerate the form. The normal way to use > FormBuilder is to regenerate the form on every request, even when a > form is submitted. > Would you please tell me how to repopulate the form values previously obtained after the new form is regenerated? >> >> >> On 6/27/05 3:43 PM, "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 6/27/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: >>>> I am working on a multi-page wizard-like form using quickform controller, >>>> with forms build by formbuilder. The benefits to this are easy to see, but >>>> implementation is tricky. Currently stuck when it comes to processing the >>>> forms with the line: >>>> >>>> $page->process(array(&$fb, 'processForm'), false); >>>> >>>> I am currently using serialize() on the formbuilder objects I create, then >>>> adding them to an array of these serialized objects inside the $_SESSION >>>> array. I do this because each page of the controller calls the php script >>>> again and no formbuilder object can be stored in memory. Without the >>>> serialize array, even if passed by reference, they therefore came back from >>>> $_SESSION as __PHP_Incomplete_Class object type. >>>> >>>> When they are unserialized, some of the objects inside this big formbuilder >>>> object are __PHP_Incomplete_Class Object type, although the $fb itself is >>>> now the appropriate DB_DataObject_FormBuilder type. >>>> >>>> Please advise. Has this been tried before with success? Is it >>>> theoretically possible to completely store and faithfully retrieve a >>>> formbuilder object? -A >>>> >>> >>> You shouldn't need to serialize the formbuilder object. The >>> __PHP_Incomplete_Class type happens because the correct PHP files have >>> not yet been required. Just store the object in your session as normal >>> (no serialize) and make sure to >>> require_once('DB/DataObject/FormBuilder.php'); as well as >>> HTML_QuickForm and any elements that are in the form. Yes I know this >>> is somewhat of a pain. This is why it's just easier to re-generate the >>> FormBuilder. >> >> >