Re: Formbuilder generates extra radio button

On 7/20/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > I've changed the database and regenerated the dataobjects using > createTables.php. Sadly I still see four rather than the expected three. > If your next suggestion is to use a select instead of radio buttons, can you > tell me how to make 'Unknown' the default rather than 'null'? :) -A Are you sure that particular field is set up as "NOT NULL"? If it is then this is likely a bug, as you said, although I have no idea how it could be happening. Do you perhaps have selectAddEmpty set to true? Setting selectAddEmptyLabel *should* change the text. If it doesn't let me know and I'll look into it. > > > > On 7/20/05 5:51 PM, "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 7/20/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > >> I'm using the following code to create a yes, no, unknown field using > >> FormBuilder. The data field is a char(1) in my database. I have the > >> following lines in my dataobject class. However, the HTML created has a > >> fourth radio button, without a label, before the others. > >> > >> ---partial listing of options set in data object--- > >> public $y_n_u; // string(1) > >> > >> $this->fb_linkElementTypes = array('y_n_u' => > >> 'radio'); > >> > >> $this->fb_enumFields[] = 'y_n_u'; > >> > >> $this->fb_enumOptions = array('y_n_u' => array('Y' > >> => 'Y', > >> 'N' => > >> 'N', > >> 'U' => > >> 'U') ); > >> > >> ---HTML generated ----- > >> > >> <td valign="top" align="center"> > >> <input name="test1_y_n_u_1" value="" type="radio" > >> id="qf_51da48" > >> checked="checked" /> > >> <input name="test1_y_n_u_1" value="Y" > >> type="radio" id="qf_47f93e" > >> /><label for="qf_47f93e">Y</label> > >> <input name="test1_y_n_u_1" value="N" > >> type="radio" id="qf_4facaf" > >> /><label for="qf_4facaf">N</label> > >> <input name="test1_y_n_u_1" value="U" > >> type="radio" id="qf_7a549b" > >> /><label for="qf_7a549b">U</label></td> > >> > >> ----------------------------- > >> > >> Has anyone else seen this problem before? > > > > It's not a problem, it's a feature. ;-) > > > > I'm pretty sure that what's happening is that FormBuilder is adding an > > extra option because the field is allowed to be NULL. I.e. it's not > > NOT NULL. If you change your field in the DB to NOT NULL and > > regenerate your DO ini file you'll see that go away. > > > > You may be right in a way, though...a "nothing" radio button doesn't > > make as much sense as a "nothing" select box entry. However, not > > having the "nothing" radio button means that once you click yes or no > > you won't be able to go back to choosing nothing in most browsers. > > > > I suggest you just make your field NOT NULL. :-) > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Justin Patrin