Subclassing
*
* Define a {@link dataValue()} method that returns a value suitable for
* inserting into a single database field. For example, you might tidy up the
* format of a date or currency field. Define {@link saveInto()} to totally
* customise saving. For example, data might be saved to the filesystem instead
* of the data record, or saved to a component of the data record instead of
* the data record itself. Define {@link validate()} to validate the form field
* and ensure that the content provided is valid.
*
* @package forms
* @subpackage core
*/
class FormField extends RequestHandler {
/**
* @var Form
*/
protected $form;
protected $name, $title, $value ,$message, $messageType, $extraClass;
/**
* @var $description string Adds a "title"-attribute to the markup.
* @todo Implement in all subclasses
*/
protected $description;
/**
* @var $extraClasses array Extra CSS-classes for the formfield-container
*/
protected $extraClasses;
public $dontEscape;
/**
* @var $rightTitle string Used in SmallFieldHolder to force a right-aligned label, or in FieldHolder
* to create contextual label.
*/
protected $rightTitle;
/**
* @var $leftTitle string Used in SmallFieldHolder() to force a left-aligned label with correct spacing.
* Please use $title for FormFields rendered with FieldHolder().
*/
protected $leftTitle;
/**
* Stores a reference to the FieldList that contains this object.
* @var FieldList
*/
protected $containerFieldList;
/**
* @var boolean
*/
protected $readonly = false;
/**
* @var boolean
*/
protected $disabled = false;
/**
* @var string custom validation message for the Field
*/
protected $customValidationMessage = "";
/**
* Name of the template used to render this form field. If not set, then
* will look up the class ancestry for the first matching template where
* the template name equals the class name.
*
* To explicitly use a custom template or one named other than the form
* field see {@link setTemplate()}, {@link setFieldHolderTemplate()}
*
* @var string
*/
protected
$template,
$fieldHolderTemplate,
$smallFieldHolderTemplate;
/**
* @var array All attributes on the form field (not the field holder).
* Partially determined based on other instance properties, please use {@link getAttributes()}.
*/
protected $attributes = array();
/**
* Takes a fieldname and converts camelcase to spaced
* words. Also resolves combined fieldnames with dot syntax
* to spaced words.
*
* Examples:
* - 'TotalAmount' will return 'Total Amount'
* - 'Organisation.ZipCode' will return 'Organisation Zip Code'
*
* @param string $fieldName
* @return string
*/
public static function name_to_label($fieldName) {
if(strpos($fieldName, '.') !== false) {
$parts = explode('.', $fieldName);
$label = $parts[count($parts)-2] . ' ' . $parts[count($parts)-1];
} else {
$label = $fieldName;
}
$label = preg_replace("/([a-z]+)([A-Z])/","$1 $2", $label);
return $label;
}
/**
* Construct and return HTML tag.
*
* @param string $tag
* @param array $attributes
* @param mixed $content
*
* @return string
*/
public static function create_tag($tag, $attributes, $content = null) {
$preparedAttributes = '';
foreach($attributes as $k => $v) {
// Note: as indicated by the $k == value item here; the decisions over what to include in the attributes
// can sometimes get finicky
if(!empty($v) || $v === '0' || ($k == 'value' && $v !== null) ) {
$preparedAttributes .= " $k=\"" . Convert::raw2att($v) . "\"";
}
}
if($content || $tag != 'input') {
return "<$tag$preparedAttributes>$content$tag>";
}
else {
return "<$tag$preparedAttributes />";
}
}
/**
* Creates a new field.
*
* @param string $name The internal field name, passed to forms.
* @param string $title The human-readable field label.
* @param mixed $value The value of the field.
*/
public function __construct($name, $title = null, $value = null) {
$this->name = $name;
$this->title = ($title === null) ? self::name_to_label($name) : $title;
if($value !== NULL) $this->setValue($value);
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Return a link to this field.
*
* @param string $action
*
* @return string
*/
public function Link($action = null) {
return Controller::join_links($this->form->FormAction(), 'field/' . $this->name, $action);
}
/**
* Returns the HTML ID of the field - used in the template by label tags.
*
* The ID is generated as FormName_FieldName. All Field functions should ensure
* that this ID is included in the field.
*
* @return string
*/
public function ID() {
return $this->getTemplateHelper()->generateFieldID($this);
}
/**
* Returns the HTML ID for the form field holder element.
*
* @return string
*/
public function HolderID() {
return $this->getTemplateHelper()->generateFieldHolderID($this);
}
/**
* Returns the current {@link FormTemplateHelper} on either the parent
* Form or the global helper set through the {@link Injector} layout.
*
* To customize a single {@link FormField}, use {@link setTemplate} and
* provide a custom template name.
*
* @return FormTemplateHelper
*/
public function getTemplateHelper() {
if($this->form) {
return $this->form->getTemplateHelper();
}
return Injector::inst()->get('FormTemplateHelper');
}
/**
* Returns the raw field name.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getName() {
return $this->name;
}
/**
* Returns the field message, used by form validation.
*
* Use {@link setError()} to set this property.
*
* @return string
*/
public function Message() {
return $this->message;
}
/**
* Returns the field message type, used by form validation.
*
* Arbitrary value which is mostly used for CSS classes in the rendered HTML,
* e.g. "required". Use {@link setError()} to set this property.
*
* @return string
*/
public function MessageType() {
return $this->messageType;
}
/**
* Returns the field value - used by templates.
*/
public function Value() {
return $this->value;
}
/**
* Method to save this form field into the given {@link DataObject}.
*
* By default, makes use of $this->dataValue()
*
* @param DataObjectInterface $record DataObject to save data into
*/
public function saveInto(DataObjectInterface $record) {
if($this->name) {
$record->setCastedField($this->name, $this->dataValue());
}
}
/**
* Returns the field value suitable for insertion into the
* {@link DataObject}.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function dataValue() {
return $this->value;
}
/**
* Returns the field label - used by templates.
*
* @return string
*/
public function Title() {
return $this->title;
}
/**
* @param string $val
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setTitle($val) {
$this->title = $val;
return $this;
}
/**
* Gets the contextual label than can be used for additional field description.
* Can be shown to the right or under the field in question.
*
* @return string Contextual label text.
*/
public function RightTitle() {
return $this->rightTitle;
}
/**
* Sets the contextual label.
*
* @param $val string Text to set on the label.
*/
public function setRightTitle($val) {
$this->rightTitle = $val;
return $this;
}
public function LeftTitle() {
return $this->leftTitle;
}
public function setLeftTitle($val) {
$this->leftTitle = $val;
return $this;
}
/**
* Compiles all CSS-classes. Optionally includes a "nolabel"-class
* if no title was set on the formfield.
* Uses {@link Message()} and {@link MessageType()} to add validatoin
* error classes which can be used to style the contained tags.
*
* @return string CSS-classnames
*/
public function extraClass() {
$classes = array();
$classes[] = $this->Type();
if($this->extraClasses) $classes = array_merge($classes, array_values($this->extraClasses));
// Allow customization of label and field tag positioning
if(!$this->Title()) $classes[] = "nolabel";
// Allow custom styling of any element in the container based
// on validation errors, e.g. red borders on input tags.
// CSS-Class needs to be different from the one rendered
// through {@link FieldHolder()}
if($this->Message()) $classes[] .= "holder-" . $this->MessageType();
return implode(' ', $classes);
}
/**
* Add one or more CSS-classes to the formfield-container. Multiple class
* names should be space delimited.
*
* @param string $class
*/
public function addExtraClass($class) {
$classes = preg_split('/\s+/', $class);
foreach ($classes as $class) {
$this->extraClasses[$class] = $class;
}
return $this;
}
/**
* Remove one or more CSS-classes from the formfield-container.
*
* @param string $class
*/
public function removeExtraClass($class) {
$classes = preg_split('/\s+/', $class);
foreach ($classes as $class) {
unset($this->extraClasses[$class]);
}
return $this;
}
/**
* Set an HTML attribute on the field element, mostly an tag.
*
* Some attributes are best set through more specialized methods, to avoid interfering with built-in behaviour:
* - 'class': {@link addExtraClass()}
* - 'title': {@link setDescription()}
* - 'value': {@link setValue}
* - 'name': {@link setName}
*
* CAUTION Doesn't work on most fields which are composed of more than one HTML form field:
* AjaxUniqueTextField, CheckboxSetField, CompositeField, ConfirmedPasswordField,
* CountryDropdownField, CreditCardField, CurrencyField, DateField, DatetimeField, FieldGroup, GridField,
* HtmlEditorField, ImageField, ImageFormAction, InlineFormAction, ListBoxField, etc.
*
* @param string
* @param string
*/
public function setAttribute($name, $value) {
$this->attributes[$name] = $value;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get an HTML attribute defined by the field, or added through {@link setAttribute()}.
* Caution: Doesn't work on all fields, see {@link setAttribute()}.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getAttribute($name) {
$attrs = $this->getAttributes();
if(isset($attrs[$name])) return $attrs[$name];
}
/**
* @return array
*/
public function getAttributes() {
$attrs = array(
'type' => 'text',
'name' => $this->getName(),
'value' => $this->Value(),
'class' => $this->extraClass(),
'id' => $this->ID(),
'disabled' => $this->isDisabled(),
'readonly' => $this->isReadonly()
);
if ($this->Required()) {
$attrs['required'] = 'required';
$attrs['aria-required'] = 'true';
}
return array_merge($attrs, $this->attributes);
}
/**
* @param Array Custom attributes to process. Falls back to {@link getAttributes()}.
* If at least one argument is passed as a string, all arguments act as excludes by name.
*
* @return string HTML attributes, ready for insertion into an HTML tag
*/
public function getAttributesHTML($attrs = null) {
$exclude = (is_string($attrs)) ? func_get_args() : null;
if(!$attrs || is_string($attrs)) {
$attrs = $this->getAttributes();
}
// Remove empty
$attrs = array_filter((array)$attrs, function($v) {
return ($v || $v === 0 || $v === '0');
});
// Remove excluded
if($exclude) {
$attrs = array_diff_key($attrs, array_flip($exclude));
}
// Create markup
$parts = array();
foreach($attrs as $name => $value) {
$parts[] = ($value === true) ? "{$name}=\"{$name}\"" : "{$name}=\"" . Convert::raw2att($value) . "\"";
}
return implode(' ', $parts);
}
/**
* Returns a version of a title suitable for insertion into an HTML
* attribute.
*
* @return string
*/
public function attrTitle() {
return Convert::raw2att($this->title);
}
/**
* Returns a version of a title suitable for insertion into an HTML
* attribute.
*
* @return string
*/
public function attrValue() {
return Convert::raw2att($this->value);
}
/**
* Set the field value.
*
* @param mixed $value
*
* @return FormField.
*/
public function setValue($value) {
$this->value = $value;
return $this;
}
/**
* Set the field name
*
* @param string $name
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setName($name) {
$this->name = $name;
return $this;
}
/**
* Set the container form.
*
* This is called whenever you create a new form and put fields inside it,
* so that you don't have to worry about linking the two.
*
* @param Form
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setForm($form) {
$this->form = $form;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get the currently used form.
*
* @return Form
*/
public function getForm() {
return $this->form;
}
/**
* Return TRUE if security token protection is enabled on the parent
* {@link Form}.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function securityTokenEnabled() {
$form = $this->getForm();
if(!$form) {
return false;
}
return $form->getSecurityToken()->isEnabled();
}
/**
* @param string $message Message to show to the user. Allows HTML content,
* which means you need to use Convert::raw2xml() for any user supplied data.
* @param string $messageType
* @return FormField
*/
public function setError($message, $messageType) {
$this->message = $message;
$this->messageType = $messageType;
return $this;
}
/**
* Set the custom error message to show instead of the default
* format of Please Fill In XXX. Different from setError() as
* that appends it to the standard error messaging.
*
* @param string $msg Message for the error
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setCustomValidationMessage($msg) {
$this->customValidationMessage = $msg;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get the custom error message for this form field. If a custom
* message has not been defined then just return blank. The default
* error is defined on {@link Validator}.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getCustomValidationMessage() {
return $this->customValidationMessage;
}
/**
* Set name of template (without path or extension).
*
* Caution: Not consistently implemented in all subclasses, please check
* the {@link Field()} method on the subclass for support.
*
* @param string $template
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setTemplate($template) {
$this->template = $template;
return $this;
}
/**
* @return string
*/
public function getTemplate() {
return $this->template;
}
/**
* @return string
*/
public function getFieldHolderTemplate() {
return $this->fieldHolderTemplate;
}
/**
* Set name of template (without path or extension) for the holder,
* which in turn is responsible for rendering {@link Field()}.
*
* Caution: Not consistently implemented in all subclasses,
* please check the {@link Field()} method on the subclass for support.
*
* @param string $template
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function setFieldHolderTemplate($template) {
$this->fieldHolderTemplate = $template;
return $this;
}
/**
* @return string
*/
public function getSmallFieldHolderTemplate() {
return $this->smallFieldHolderTemplate;
}
/**
* Set name of template (without path or extension) for the small holder,
* which in turn is responsible for rendering {@link Field()}.
*
* Caution: Not consistently implemented in all subclasses,
* please check the {@link Field()} method on the subclass for support.
*
* @param string
*/
public function setSmallFieldHolderTemplate($template) {
$this->smallFieldHolderTemplate = $template;
return $this;
}
/**
* Returns the form field - used by templates.
* Although FieldHolder is generally what is inserted into templates, all of the field holder
* templates make use of $Field. It's expected that FieldHolder will give you the "complete"
* representation of the field on the form, whereas Field will give you the core editing widget,
* such as an input tag.
*
* @param array $properties key value pairs of template variables
* @return string
*/
public function Field($properties = array()) {
$obj = ($properties) ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
$this->extend('onBeforeRender', $this);
return $obj->renderWith($this->getTemplates());
}
/**
* Returns a "field holder" for this field - used by templates.
*
* Forms are constructed by concatenating a number of these field holders.
* The default field holder is a label and a form field inside a div.
* @see FieldHolder.ss
*
* @param array $properties key value pairs of template variables
* @return string
*/
public function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
$obj = ($properties) ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
return $obj->renderWith($this->getFieldHolderTemplates());
}
/**
* Returns a restricted field holder used within things like FieldGroups.
*
* @param array $properties
*
* @return string
*/
public function SmallFieldHolder($properties = array()) {
$obj = ($properties) ? $this->customise($properties) : $this;
return $obj->renderWith($this->getSmallFieldHolderTemplates());
}
/**
* Returns an array of templates to use for rendering {@link FieldH}
*
* @return array
*/
public function getTemplates() {
return $this->_templates($this->getTemplate());
}
/**
* Returns an array of templates to use for rendering {@link FieldHolder}
*
* @return array
*/
public function getFieldHolderTemplates() {
return $this->_templates(
$this->getFieldHolderTemplate(),
'_holder'
);
}
/**
* Returns an array of templates to use for rendering {@link SmallFieldHolder}
*
* @return array
*/
public function getSmallFieldHolderTemplates() {
return $this->_templates(
$this->getSmallFieldHolderTemplate(),
'_holder_small'
);
}
/**
* Generate an array of classname strings to use for rendering this form
* field into HTML
*
* @param string $custom custom template (if set)
* @param string $suffix template suffix
*
* @return array $stack a stack of
*/
private function _templates($custom = null, $suffix = null) {
$matches = array();
foreach(array_reverse(ClassInfo::ancestry($this)) as $className) {
$matches[] = $className . $suffix;
if($className == "FormField") break;
}
if($custom) array_unshift($matches, $custom);
return $matches;
}
/**
* Returns true if this field is a composite field.
* To create composite field types, you should subclass {@link CompositeField}.
*/
public function isComposite() {
return false;
}
/**
* Returns true if this field has its own data.
* Some fields, such as titles and composite fields, don't actually have any data. It doesn't
* make sense for data-focused methods to look at them. By overloading hasData() to return false,
* you can prevent any data-focused methods from looking at it.
*
* @see FieldList::collateDataFields()
*/
public function hasData() {
return true;
}
/**
* @return boolean
*/
public function isReadonly() {
return $this->readonly;
}
/**
* Sets readonly-flag on form-field. Please use performReadonlyTransformation()
* to actually transform this instance.
* @param $bool boolean Setting "false" has no effect on the field-state.
*/
public function setReadonly($bool) {
$this->readonly = $bool;
return $this;
}
/**
* @return boolean
*/
public function isDisabled() {
return $this->disabled;
}
/**
* Sets disabed-flag on form-field. Please use performDisabledTransformation()
* to actually transform this instance.
* @param $bool boolean Setting "false" has no effect on the field-state.
*/
public function setDisabled($bool) {
$this->disabled = $bool;
return $this;
}
/**
* Returns a readonly version of this field
*/
public function performReadonlyTransformation() {
$readonlyClassName = $this->class . '_Disabled';
if(ClassInfo::exists($readonlyClassName)) {
$clone = $this->castedCopy($readonlyClassName);
} else {
$clone = $this->castedCopy('ReadonlyField');
$clone->setReadonly(true);
}
return $clone;
}
/**
* Return a disabled version of this field.
* Tries to find a class of the class name of this field suffixed with "_Disabled",
* failing that, finds a method {@link setDisabled()}.
*
* @return FormField
*/
public function performDisabledTransformation() {
$disabledClassName = $this->class . '_Disabled';
if(ClassInfo::exists($disabledClassName)) {
$clone = $this->castedCopy($disabledClassName);
} else {
$clone = clone $this;
$clone->setDisabled(true);
}
return $clone;
}
public function transform(FormTransformation $trans) {
return $trans->transform($this);
}
public function hasClass($class){
$patten = '/'.strtolower($class).'/i';
$subject = strtolower($this->class." ".$this->extraClass());
return preg_match($patten, $subject);
}
/**
* Returns the field type - used by templates.
* The field type is the class name with the word Field dropped off the end, all lowercase.
* It's handy for assigning HTML classes. Doesn't signify the attribute,
* see {link getAttributes()}.
*
* @return string
*/
public function Type() {
return strtolower(preg_replace('/Field$/', '', $this->class));
}
/**
* @deprecated 3.2 Use FormField::create_tag()
*/
public function createTag($tag, $attributes, $content = null) {
Deprecation::notice('3.2', 'Use FormField::create_tag()');
return self::create_tag($tag, $attributes, $content);
}
/**
* Validation method each {@link FormField} subclass should implement,
* determining whether the field is valid or not based on the value.
*
* @param Validator
* @return boolean
*/
public function validate(Validator $validator) {
return true;
}
/**
* Describe this field, provide help text for it.
* By default, renders as a
* underneath the form field.
*
* @return string Description
*/
public function setDescription($description) {
$this->description = $description;
return $this;
}
/**
* @return string
*/
public function getDescription() {
return $this->description;
}
public function debug() {
return "$this->class ($this->name: $this->title : $this->message)"
. " = $this->value";
}
/**
* This function is used by the template processor. If you refer to a field as a $ variable, it
* will return the $Field value.
*/
public function forTemplate() {
return $this->Field();
}
/**
* @uses Validator->fieldIsRequired()
* @return boolean
*/
public function Required() {
if($this->form && ($validator = $this->form->Validator)) {
return $validator->fieldIsRequired($this->name);
}
}
/**
* Set the FieldList that contains this field.
*
* @param FieldList $list
* @return FieldList
*/
public function setContainerFieldList($list) {
$this->containerFieldList = $list;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get the FieldList that contains this field.
*
* @return FieldList
*/
public function getContainerFieldList() {
return $this->containerFieldList;
}
public function rootFieldList() {
if(is_object($this->containerFieldList)) return $this->containerFieldList->rootFieldList();
else user_error("rootFieldList() called on $this->class object without a containerFieldList", E_USER_ERROR);
}
/**
* Returns another instance of this field, but "cast" to a different class.
* The logic tries to retain all of the instance properties,
* and may be overloaded by subclasses to set additional ones.
*
* Assumes the standard FormField parameter signature with
* its name as the only mandatory argument. Mainly geared towards
* creating *_Readonly or *_Disabled subclasses of the same type,
* or casting to a {@link ReadonlyField}.
*
* Does not copy custom field templates, since they probably won't apply to
* the new instance.
*
* @param String $classOrCopy Class name for copy, or existing copy instance to update
* @return FormField
*/
public function castedCopy($classOrCopy) {
$field = (is_object($classOrCopy)) ? $classOrCopy : new $classOrCopy($this->name);
$field
->setValue($this->value) // get value directly from property, avoid any conversions
->setForm($this->form)
->setTitle($this->Title())
->setLeftTitle($this->LeftTitle())
->setRightTitle($this->RightTitle())
->addExtraClass($this->extraClass())
->setDescription($this->getDescription());
// Only include built-in attributes, ignore anything
// set through getAttributes(), since those might change important characteristics
// of the field, e.g. its "type" attribute.
foreach($this->attributes as $k => $v) {
$field->setAttribute($k, $v);
}
$field->dontEscape = $this->dontEscape;
return $field;
}
}