Docs For Class HTML

HTML_QuickForm (Constructor) [line 248]

HTML_QuickForm HTML_QuickForm(
[string
$formName = ''], [string
$method = 'post'], [string
$action = ''], [string
$target = '_self'], [mixed
$attributes = null], [bool
$trackSubmit = false])

Class constructor

Access: public

Parameters:

string	`$formName`	—	Form's name.
string	`$method`	—	(optional)Form's method defaults to 'POST'
string	`$action`	—	(optional)Form's action
string	`$target`	—	(optional)Form's target defaults to '_self'
mixed	`$attributes`	—	(optional)Extra attributes for <form> tag
bool	`$trackSubmit`	—	(optional)Whether to track if the form was submitted by adding a special hidden field

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accept [line 1468]

void accept(
object An
&$renderer)

Accepts a renderer

Access: public
Since: 3.0

Parameters:

object An &$renderer — HTML_QuickForm_Renderer object

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addElement [line 559]

object reference &addElement(
mixed
$element)

Adds an element into the form

If $element is a string representing element type, then this method accepts variable number of parameters, their meaning and count depending on $element

Return: to element
Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

mixed $element — element object or type of element to add (text, textarea, file...)

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addFormRule [line 1040]

void addFormRule(
mixed
$rule)

Adds a global validation rule

This should be used when for a rule involving several fields or if you want to use some completely custom validation for your form. The rule function/method should return true in case of successful validation and array('element name' => 'error') when there were errors.

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public

Parameters:

mixed $rule — Callback, either function name or array(&$object, 'method')

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addGroup [line 606]

object reference &addGroup(
array
$elements, [string
$name = null], [string
$groupLabel = ''], [string
$separator = null], [string
$appendName = true])

Adds an element group

Return: to added group of elements
Throws: PEAR_Error
Access: public
Since: 2.8

Parameters:

array	`$elements`	—	array of elements composing the group
string	`$name`	—	(optional)group name
string	`$groupLabel`	—	(optional)group label
string	`$separator`	—	(optional)string to separate elements
string	`$appendName`	—	(optional)specify whether the group name should be used in the form element name ex: group[element]

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addGroupRule [line 953]

void addGroupRule(
string
$group, mixed
$arg1, [string
$type = ''], [string
$format = null], [int
$howmany = 0], [string
$validation = 'server'], [bool
$reset = false])

Adds a validation rule for the given group of elements

Only groups with a name can be assigned a validation rule Use addGroupRule when you need to validate elements inside the group. Use addRule if you need to validate the group as a whole. In this case, the same rule will be applied to all elements in the group. Use addRule if you need to validate the group against a function.

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 2.5

Parameters:

string	`$group`	—	Form group name
mixed	`$arg1`	—	Array for multiple elements or error message string for one element
string	`$type`	—	(optional)Rule type use getRegisteredRules() to get types
string	`$format`	—	(optional)Required for extra rule data
int	`$howmany`	—	(optional)How many valid elements should be in the group
string	`$validation`	—	(optional)Where to perform validation: "server", "client"
bool	`$reset`	—	Client-side: whether to reset the element's value to its original state if validation failed.

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addRule [line 887]

void addRule(
string
$element, string
$message, string
$type, [string
$format = null], [string
$validation = 'server'], [boolean
$reset = false], [boolean
$force = false])

Adds a validation rule for the given field

If the element is in fact a group, it will be considered as a whole. To validate grouped elements as separated entities, use addGroupRule instead of addRule.

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string	`$element`	—	Form element name
string	`$message`	—	Message to display for invalid data
string	`$type`	—	Rule type, use getRegisteredRules() to get types
string	`$format`	—	(optional)Required for extra rule data
string	`$validation`	—	(optional)Where to perform validation: "server", "client"
boolean	`$reset`	—	Client-side validation: reset the form element to its original value if there is an error?
boolean	`$force`	—	Force the rule to be applied, even if the target form element does not exist

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apiVersion [line 280]

float apiVersion(
)

Returns the current API version

Access: public
Since: 1.0

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applyFilter [line 1059]

void applyFilter(
mixed
$element, mixed
$filter)

Applies a data filter for the given field(s)

Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

mixed	`$element`	—	Form element name or array of such names
mixed	`$filter`	—	Callback, either function name or array(&$object, 'method')

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arrayMerge [line 1124]

array arrayMerge(
array
$a, array
$b)

Merges two arrays

Merges two array like the PHP function array_merge but recursively. The main difference is that existing keys will not be renumbered if they are integers.

Return: merged array

Parameters:

array	`$a`	—	original array
array	`$b`	—	array which will be merged into first one

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createElement [line 501]

object extended &createElement(
string
$elementType)

Creates a new form element of the given type.

This method accepts variable number of parameters, their meaning and count depending on $elementType

Return: class of HTML_element
Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $elementType — type of element to add (text, textarea, file...)

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defaultRenderer [line 1494]

object a &defaultRenderer(
)

Returns a reference to default renderer object

Return: default renderer object
Since: 3.0
Access: public

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elementExists [line 335]

boolean elementExists(
[string
$element = null])

Returns true if element is in the form

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $element — form name of element to check

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errorMessage [line 1743]

string errorMessage(
int
$value)

Return a textual error message for an QuickForm error code

Return: error message
Access: public

Parameters:

int $value — error code

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exportValue [line 1657]

mixed exportValue(
string
$element)

Returns a 'safe' element's value

This method first tries to find a cleaned-up submitted value, it will return a value set by setValue()/setDefaults()/setConstants() if submitted value does not exist for the given element.

Access: public

Parameters:

string $element — Name of an element

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exportValues [line 1691]

array exportValues(
[mixed
$elementList = null])

Returns 'safe' elements' values

Unlike getSubmitValues(), this will return only the values corresponding to the elements present in the form.

Return: An assoc array of elements' values
Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public

Parameters:

mixed $elementList — Array/string of element names, whose values we want. If not set then return all elements.

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freeze [line 1394]

void freeze(
[mixed
$elementList = null])

Displays elements without HTML input tags

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

mixed $elementList — array or string of element(s) to be frozen

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getElement [line 629]

object reference &getElement(
string
$element)

Returns a reference to the element

Return: to element
Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

string $element — Element name

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getElementError [line 765]

string getElementError(
string
$element)

Returns error corresponding to validated element

Return: error message corresponding to checked element
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $element — Name of form element to check

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getElementType [line 800]

string getElementType(
string
$element)

Returns the type of the given element

Return: Type of the element, false if the element is not found
Access: public
Since: 1.1

Parameters:

string $element — Name of form element

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getElementValue [line 653]

mixed &getElementValue(
string
$element)

Returns the element's raw value

This returns the value as submitted by the form (not filtered) or set via setDefaults() or setConstants()

Return: element value
Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

string $element — Element name

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getMaxFileSize [line 481]

int getMaxFileSize(
)

Returns the value of MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden element

Return: max file size in bytes
Access: public
Since: 3.0

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getRegisteredRules [line 1224]

array getRegisteredRules(
)

Returns an array of registered validation rules

Access: public
Since: 1.0

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getRegisteredTypes [line 1169]

array getRegisteredTypes(
)

Returns an array of registered element types

Access: public
Since: 1.0

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getRequiredNote [line 1308]

string getRequiredNote(
)

Returns the required note

Access: public
Since: 2.0

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getSubmitValue [line 684]

mixed getSubmitValue(
string
$elementName)

Returns the elements value after submit and filter

Return: submitted element value or null if not set
Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

string $elementName — Element name

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getSubmitValues [line 1618]

array getSubmitValues(
[bool
$mergeFiles = false])

Returns the values submitted by the form

Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

bool $mergeFiles — Whether uploaded files should be returned too

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getValidationScript [line 1536]

string getValidationScript(
)

Returns the client side validation script

Return: Javascript to perform validation, empty string if no 'client' rules were added
Access: public
Since: 2.0

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isElementFrozen [line 1256]

boolean isElementFrozen(
string
$element)

Returns whether or not the form element is frozen

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $element — Form element name

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isElementRequired [line 1240]

boolean isElementRequired(
string
$element)

Returns whether or not the form element is required

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $element — Form element name

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isError [line 1728]

bool isError(
mixed
$value)

Tell whether a result from a QuickForm method is an error (an instance of HTML_QuickForm_Error)

Return: whether $value is an error
Access: public

Parameters:

mixed $value — result code

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isFrozen [line 1431]

boolean isFrozen(
)

Returns whether or not the whole form is frozen

Access: public
Since: 3.0

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isRuleRegistered [line 1186]

mixed isRuleRegistered(
string
$name, [bool
$autoRegister = false])

Returns whether or not the given rule is supported

Return: true if previously registered, false if not, new rule name if auto-registering worked
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string	`$name`	—	Validation rule name
bool	`$autoRegister`	—	Whether to automatically register subclasses of HTML_QuickForm_Rule

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isTypeRegistered [line 1154]

boolean isTypeRegistered(
string
$type)

Returns whether or not the form element type is supported

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $type — Form element type

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process [line 1448]

void process(
mixed
$callback, [bool
$mergeFiles = true])

Performs the form data processing

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

mixed	`$callback`	—	Callback, either function name or array(&$object, 'method')
bool	`$mergeFiles`	—	Whether uploaded files should be processed too

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registerElementType [line 298]

void registerElementType(
string
$typeName, string
$include, string
$className)

Registers a new element type

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string	`$typeName`	—	Name of element type
string	`$include`	—	Include path for element type
string	`$className`	—	Element class name

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registerRule [line 317]

void registerRule(
string
$ruleName, string
$type, string
$data1, [string
$data2 = null])

Registers a new validation rule

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string	`$ruleName`	—	Name of validation rule
string	`$type`	—	Either: 'regex', 'function' or 'rule' for an HTML_QuickForm_Rule object
string	`$data1`	—	Name of function, regular expression or HTML_QuickForm_Rule classname
string	`$data2`	—	Object parent of above function or HTML_QuickForm_Rule file path

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removeElement [line 853]

void removeElement(
string
$elementName, [boolean
$removeRules = true])

Removes an element

Throws: HTML_QuickForm_Error
Since: 2.0
Access: public

Parameters:

string	`$elementName`	—	The element name
boolean	`$removeRules`	—	True if rules for this element are to be removed too

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setConstants [line 422]

void setConstants(
[array
$constantValues = null], [mixed
$filter = null])

Initializes constant form values.

These values won't get overridden by POST or GET vars

Access: public
Since: 2.0

Parameters:

array	`$constantValues`	—	values used to fill the form
mixed	`$filter`	—	(optional) filter(s) to apply to all default values

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setDatasource [line 356]

void setDatasource(
object
&$datasource, [mixed
$defaultsFilter = null], [mixed
$constantsFilter = null])

Sets a datasource object for this form object

Datasource default and constant values will feed the QuickForm object if the datasource implements defaultValues() and constantValues() methods.

Access: public
Since: 3.3

Parameters:

object	`$datasource`	—	datasource object implementing the informal datasource protocol
mixed	`$defaultsFilter`	—	string or array of filter(s) to apply to default values
mixed	`$constantsFilter`	—	string or array of filter(s) to apply to constants values

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setDefaults [line 383]

void setDefaults(
[array
$defaultValues = null], [mixed
$filter = null])

Initializes default form values

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

array	`$defaultValues`	—	values used to fill the form
mixed	`$filter`	—	(optional) filter(s) to apply to all default values

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setElementError [line 784]

void setElementError(
string
$element, string
$message)

Set error message for a form element

Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string	`$element`	—	Name of form element to set error for
string	`$message`	—	Error message

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setJsWarnings [line 1276]

void setJsWarnings(
string
$pref, string
$post)

Sets JavaScript warning messages

Access: public
Since: 1.1

Parameters:

string	`$pref`	—	Prefix warning
string	`$post`	—	Postfix warning

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setMaxFileSize [line 458]

void setMaxFileSize(
[int
$bytes = 0])

Sets the value of MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden element

Access: public
Since: 3.0

Parameters:

int $bytes — Size in bytes

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setRequiredNote [line 1293]

void setRequiredNote(
string
$note)

Sets required-note

Access: public
Since: 1.1

Parameters:

string $note — Message indicating some elements are required

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toArray [line 1635]

array toArray(
)

Returns the form's contents in an array.

The description of the array structure is in HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Array docs

Return: of form contents
Access: public
Since: 2.0

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toHtml [line 1516]

string toHtml(
[string
$in_data = null])

Returns an HTML version of the form

Return: Html version of the form
Access: public
Since: 1.0

Parameters:

string $in_data — (optional) Any extra data to insert right before form is rendered. Useful when using templates.

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updateElementAttr [line 820]

void updateElementAttr(
mixed
$elements, mixed
$attrs)

Updates Attributes for one or more elements

Access: public
Since: 2.10

Parameters:

mixed	`$elements`	—	Array of element names/objects or string of elements to be updated
mixed	`$attrs`	—	Array or sting of html attributes

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validate [line 1322]

boolean validate(
)

Performs the server side validation

Return: true if no error found
Since: 1.0
Access: public

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Class: HTML_QuickForm

Class Overview

Author(s):

Version:

Variables

Methods

Inherited Variables

Inherited Methods

Class Details

Class Variables

$_jsPostfix = 'Please correct these fields.'

$_jsPrefix = 'Invalid information entered.'

$_maxFileSize = 1048576

$_requiredNote = '<span style="font-size:80%; color:#ff0000;">*</span><span style="font-size:80%;"> denotes required field</span>'

$_submitFiles = array()

Method Detail

HTML_QuickForm (Constructor) [line 248]

Parameters:

accept [line 1468]

Parameters:

addElement [line 559]

Parameters:

addFormRule [line 1040]

Parameters:

addGroup [line 606]

Parameters:

addGroupRule [line 953]

Parameters:

addRule [line 887]

Parameters:

apiVersion [line 280]

applyFilter [line 1059]

Parameters:

arrayMerge [line 1124]

Parameters:

createElement [line 501]

Parameters:

defaultRenderer [line 1494]

elementExists [line 335]

Parameters:

errorMessage [line 1743]

Parameters:

exportValue [line 1657]

Parameters:

exportValues [line 1691]

Parameters:

freeze [line 1394]

Parameters:

getElement [line 629]

Parameters:

getElementError [line 765]

Parameters:

getElementType [line 800]

Parameters:

getElementValue [line 653]

Parameters:

getMaxFileSize [line 481]

getRegisteredRules [line 1224]

getRegisteredTypes [line 1169]

getRequiredNote [line 1308]

getSubmitValue [line 684]

Parameters:

getSubmitValues [line 1618]

Parameters:

getValidationScript [line 1536]

isElementFrozen [line 1256]

Parameters:

isElementRequired [line 1240]

Parameters:

isError [line 1728]

Parameters:

isFrozen [line 1431]

isRuleRegistered [line 1186]

Parameters:

isTypeRegistered [line 1154]

Parameters:

process [line 1448]

Parameters:

registerElementType [line 298]

Parameters: