Docs For Class SampleForm

Description

This is the Class that handles the building of the Form itself. It creates the Form Elements inside the form_init_elements() method.

author: Culley Harrelson <culley@fastmail.fm>

Located in /examples/form3.php (line 60)

FormContent
   |
   --SampleForm

Method Summary

SampleForm SampleForm ([ $width = 600])

void form ()

void form_action ()

void form_backend_validation ()

void form_init_data ()

void form_init_elements ()

Variables

Inherited Variables

Inherited from FormContent

FormContent::$_action_counter
FormContent::$_action_message
FormContent::$_cancel_action
FormContent::$_default_label_css
FormContent::$_elements
FormContent::$_error_label_css
FormContent::$_file_elements
FormContent::$_FormValidation
FormContent::$_form_action_elements_on_submit
FormContent::$_form_errors_title
FormContent::$_form_errors_width
FormContent::$_form_name
FormContent::$_form_on_submit
FormContent::$_has_confirm
FormContent::$_has_file_element
FormContent::$_hidden_elements
FormContent::$_is_readonly
FormContent::$_label_colon_flag
FormContent::$_required_field_marker
FormContent::$_required_field_text
FormContent::$_stripslashes
FormContent::$_width

Methods

Constructor SampleForm (line 66)

constructor-- set up form

SampleForm SampleForm ([ $width = 600])

$width

form (line 300)

This is the method that builds the layout of where the FormElements will live. You can lay it out any way you like.

void form ()

Redefinition of:

FormContent::form(): This method builds the html form.

form_action (line 338)

This method is called ONLY after ALL validation has passed. This is the method that allows you to do something with the data, say insert/update records in the DB.

void form_action ()

Redefinition of:

FormContent::form_action(): This method handles the

form_backend_validation (line 326)

This method gets called after the FormElement data has passed the validation. This enables you to validate the data against some backend mechanism, say a DB.

void form_backend_validation ()

Redefinition of:

FormContent::form_backend_validation(): This method is called after the FormElements

form_init_data (line 272)

This method is called only the first time the form page is hit. This enables u to query a DB and pre populate the FormElement objects with data.

void form_init_data ()

Redefinition of:

FormContent::form_init_data(): This method is called by the

form_init_elements (line 76)

This method gets called EVERY time the object is created. It is used to build all of the FormElement objects used in this Form.

void form_init_elements ()

Redefinition of:

FormContent::form_init_elements(): This method is what is called to build the list of FormElements that will be used by this form.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From FormContent

FormContent::FormContent()
FormContent::add_action()
FormContent::add_action_element()
FormContent::add_cancel()
FormContent::add_element()
FormContent::add_error()
FormContent::add_hidden_action()
FormContent::add_hidden_element()
FormContent::add_image_action()
FormContent::build_confirm_table()
FormContent::element_exists()
FormContent::element_form()
FormContent::element_label()
FormContent::form()
FormContent::form_action()
FormContent::form_backend_validation()
FormContent::form_confirm()
FormContent::form_errors()
FormContent::form_init_data()
FormContent::form_init_elements()
FormContent::form_success()
FormContent::get_action()
FormContent::get_action_element()
FormContent::get_all_element_values()
FormContent::get_default_css()
FormContent::get_element()
FormContent::get_element_value()
FormContent::get_error_array()
FormContent::get_form_errors_width()
FormContent::get_form_name()
FormContent::get_form_tabindex()
FormContent::get_hidden_element_value()
FormContent::get_required_marker()
FormContent::has_confirm()
FormContent::hidden_element_label()
FormContent::is_readonly()
FormContent::javascript()
FormContent::pre_confirm()
FormContent::set_action()
FormContent::set_action_message()
FormContent::set_cancel_action()
FormContent::set_colon_flag()
FormContent::set_confirm()
FormContent::set_default_css()
FormContent::set_element_value()
FormContent::set_error_css()
FormContent::set_form_errors_title()
FormContent::set_form_errors_width()
FormContent::set_form_name()
FormContent::set_form_tabindex()
FormContent::set_form_width()
FormContent::set_hidden_element_value()
FormContent::set_readonly()
FormContent::set_required_marker()
FormContent::set_required_text()
FormContent::set_stripslashes()
FormContent::_pre_confirm()
FormContent::_set_validation_object()
FormContent::_test_element()