FormInterface

FormInterface setParent(FormInterface $parent = null)

Sets the parent form.

Parameters

FormInterface

$parent

Return Value

FormInterface

Exceptions

AlreadySubmittedException	if the form has already been submitted
LogicException	when trying to set a parent for a form with an empty name

FormInterface|null getParent()

Returns the parent form.

Return Value

FormInterface|null

The parent form or null if there is none

FormInterface add(FormInterface|string|int $child, string|null $type = null, array $options = array())

Adds or replaces a child to the form.

Parameters

FormInterface|string|int	$child	The FormInterface instance or the name of the child
string|null	$type	The child's type, if a name was passed
array	$options	The child's options, if a name was passed

Return Value

FormInterface

Exceptions

AlreadySubmittedException	if the form has already been submitted
LogicException	when trying to add a child to a non-compound form
UnexpectedTypeException	if $child or $type has an unexpected type

FormInterface get(string $name)

Returns the child with the given name.

Parameters

string

$name

The name of the child

Return Value

FormInterface

Exceptions

OutOfBoundsException

if the named child does not exist

bool has(string $name)

Returns whether a child with the given name exists.

Parameters

string

$name

The name of the child

Return Value

bool

$this remove(string $name)

Removes a child from the form.

Parameters

string

$name

The name of the child to remove

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

AlreadySubmittedException

if the form has already been submitted

FormInterface[] all()

Returns all children in this group.

Return Value

FormInterface[]

FormErrorIterator getErrors(bool $deep = false, bool $flatten = true)

Returns the errors of this form.

Parameters

bool	$deep	Whether to include errors of child forms as well
bool	$flatten	Whether to flatten the list of errors in case $deep is set to true

Return Value

FormErrorIterator

An iterator over the {@link FormError} instances that where added to this form

$this setData(mixed $modelData)

Updates the form with default data.

Parameters

mixed

$modelData

The data formatted as expected for the underlying object

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

AlreadySubmittedException	if the form has already been submitted
LogicException	If listeners try to call setData in a cycle. Or if the view data does not match the expected type according to {@link FormConfigInterface::getDataClass}.

mixed getData()

Returns the data in the format needed for the underlying object.

Return Value

mixed

mixed getNormData()

Returns the normalized data of the field.

Return Value

mixed

when the field is not submitted, the default data is returned. When the field is submitted, the normalized submitted data is returned if the field is valid, null otherwise

mixed getViewData()

Returns the data transformed by the value transformer.

Return Value

mixed

array getExtraData()

Returns the extra data.

Return Value

array

The submitted data which do not belong to a child

FormConfigInterface getConfig()

Returns the form's configuration.

Return Value

FormConfigInterface

The configuration

bool isSubmitted()

Returns whether the form is submitted.

Return Value

bool	true if the form is submitted, false otherwise

string getName()

Returns the name by which the form is identified in forms.

Return Value

string

The name of the form

PropertyPathInterface|null getPropertyPath()

Returns the property path that the form is mapped to.

Return Value

PropertyPathInterface|null

The property path

$this addError(FormError $error)

Adds an error to this form.

Parameters

FormError

$error

Return Value

$this

bool isValid()

Returns whether the form and all children are valid.

Return Value

bool

Exceptions

LogicException

if the form is not submitted

bool isRequired()

Returns whether the form is required to be filled out.

If the form has a parent and the parent is not required, this method will always return false. Otherwise the value set with setRequired() is returned.

Return Value

bool

bool isDisabled()

Returns whether this form is disabled.

The content of a disabled form is displayed, but not allowed to be modified. The validation of modified disabled forms should fail.

Forms whose parents are disabled are considered disabled regardless of their own state.

Return Value

bool

bool isEmpty()

Returns whether the form is empty.

Return Value

bool

bool isSynchronized()

Returns whether the data in the different formats is synchronized.

If the data is not synchronized, you can get the transformation failure by calling {@link getTransformationFailure()}.

Return Value

bool

TransformationFailedException|null getTransformationFailure()

Returns the data transformation failure, if any.

Return Value

TransformationFailedException|null

The transformation failure

$this initialize()

Initializes the form tree.

Should be called on the root form after constructing the tree.

Return Value

$this

$this handleRequest(mixed $request = null)

Inspects the given request and calls {@link submit()} if the form was submitted.

Internally, the request is forwarded to the configured {@link RequestHandlerInterface} instance, which determines whether to submit the form or not.

Parameters

mixed

$request

The request to handle

Return Value

$this

$this submit(mixed $submittedData, bool $clearMissing = true)

Submits data to the form, transforms and validates it.

Parameters

mixed	$submittedData	The submitted data
bool	$clearMissing	Whether to set fields to NULL when they are missing in the submitted data

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

AlreadySubmittedException

if the form has already been submitted

FormInterface getRoot()

Returns the root of the form tree.

Return Value

FormInterface

The root of the tree

bool isRoot()

Returns whether the field is the root of the form tree.

Return Value

bool

FormView createView(FormView $parent = null)

Creates a view.

Parameters

FormView

$parent

Return Value

FormView

The view