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title: How to Create Lightweight Form
How to Create Lightweight Form
Out of the box, SilverStripe provides a robust and reusable set of HTML markup for [api:FormFields], however this can sometimes produce markup which is unnecessarily bloated.
For example, a basic search form. We want to use the [api:Form] API to handle the form but we may want to provide a
totally custom template to meet our needs. To do this, we'll provide the class with a unique template through
setTemplate
.
mysite/code/Page.php
:::php
<?php
public function SearchForm() {
$fields = new FieldList(
TextField::create('q')
);
$actions = new FieldList(
FormAction::create('doSearch', 'Search')
);
$form = new Form($this, 'SearchForm', $fields, $actions);
$form->setTemplate('SearchForm');
return $form;
}
mysite/templates/Includes/SearchForm.ss
:::ss
<form $FormAttributes>
<fieldset>
$Fields.dataFieldByName(q)
</fieldset>
<div class="Actions">
<% loop $Actions %>$Field<% end_loop %>
</div>
</form>
SearchForm.ss
will be executed within the scope of the Form
object so has access to any of the methods and
properties on [api:Form] such as $Fields
and $Actions
.
To understand more about Scope or the syntax for custom templates, read the [Templates](../../templates) guide.