HTML_QuickForm::addGroup()

HTML_QuickForm::addGroup() – Adds an element group

Synopsis

require_once 'HTML/QuickForm.php';

object &HTML_QuickForm::addGroup ( array $elements , string $name = null , mixed $groupLabel = '' , string $separator = null , string $appendName = true )

Description

Adds an element group.

Parameter

array $elements: array of elements composing the group

string $name: (optional) group name

mixed $groupLabel: (optional) group label

mixed $separator: (optional) string or array of strings to separate elements

boolean $appendName: (optional) specify whether the group name should be used in the form element name: groupName[elementName] vs elementName

Return value

return reference to added group of elements

Throws

Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code	Error message	Reason	Solution
QUICKFORM_INVALID_ELEMENT_NAME	Element '`$elementName`' already exists in HTML_QuickForm::addElement()	Tried to add a group having a name of an existing element	Choose a different name for a group

Note

since 2.8

This function can not be called statically.

Example

Using addGroup()


<?php

$group[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'first', 'First');
$group[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'last', 'Last');

$form->addGroup($group, 'name', 'Name:', ',&nbsp;');

?>