Re: Using DB_DataOjbect and Quickform together

Demian Turner wrote:

Hi, I'm trying to integrate Quickform and DB_DataOjbect for a simple UserManager, the problem is how to feed a DB_DataOjbect object to the setDefaults() method in Quickform, so the form can be pre-populated. The form is setup so all the attributes are elements of the array 'user':

    user[username]
    user[password], etc

so the whole user entity can be cast to an object easily

    $oUser = (object)$_POST['user']

Any DB_DataOjbect will know this is very handy for updating entities:

    $modUser->setFrom($oUser);

The problem I'm having is that a major transform of the entity is necessary to get it into a format compantible with QF. Apologies in advance for the following code, there's probably an easier way of doing this ;-)

Hi, At the moment I'm using the following code, but it's a quick and dirty hack, which only works for simple stuff so I'd also like to see a proper method for this in QuickForm: foreach (get_object_vars($dataobject) as $var => $value) {

       if (substr($var, 0, 1) != '_') {
           $DEFAULTS[$var] = $value;
       }

} $form->setDefaults($DEFAULTS); This just takes all the public properties of the object and puts them in the $DEFAULTS array. - Jeroen