Re: DataObjects Formbuilder - Trouble getting started

On 2/27/06, Sasha Sklar <spyrral@gmail.com> wrote: > I see. I thought 'processForm' was a callback that you wrote yourself. No, it's part of FormBuilder. It wouldn't be nearly as useful if you had to process your forms manually. > If it's always called, why is it a parameter? Look closer. You're calling process on the QuickForm that FormBuilder returns. QuickForm is a different package and uses this syntax to process the form. FormBuilder's examples use this because it's the accepted way to process a QF. > > On 2/27/06, Justin Patrin <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/27/06, Sasha Sklar <spyrral@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to dive into Formbuilder. I've been using DB_DataObjects > > > for a while now, with great results. > > > > > > > > > > > > The form displays, but hitting submit does nothing but display the > > > frozen form. No row is inserted. > > > > > > > > > > > > Using the basic example from the docs and a table named "do_test", > > > here's the code I've written: > > > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > // includes > > > > > > require_once // database connection string > > > > > > require_once 'DB/DataObject/FormBuilder.php'; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > function fooBar() { > > > > > > print ('is this called?') > > > > > > return true; > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > $do_test =& DB_DataObject::factory('do_test'); > > > > > > > > > > > > $do_testFB =& DB_DataObject_FormBuilder::create($do_test); > > > > > > > > > > > > // set up preferences for > > > > > > $form =& $do_testFB->getForm(); > > > > > > if($form->validate()) { > > > > > > $form->process(array(&$do_testFB, 'fooBar'), false); > > > > Ummm....why are you passing 'fooBar' here. This is why it's not > > working. You should be passing 'processForm', as the docs and examples > > say. 'processForm' is the function in FB that processes the form.... > > See: http://opensource.21st.de/19.html > > > > > > > > //this is optional, you can comment out this to make the > > > form appear for editing again > > > > > > $form->freeze(); > > > > > > } else { > > > > > > echo 'no validate for j00!'; > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > echo $form->toHtml(); > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > > > Do_test is just a auto_increment key and a single varchar field. Can I > > > get a hint? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Justin Patrin > > > > > -- > Sasha Sklar > http://www.spyrral.net/ > spyrral@gmail.com > -- Justin Patrin