'Text' // stores serialized maps with all session information ); static $has_one = array( 'Session' => 'MultiFormSession' ); /** * Centerpiece of the flow control for the form. * If set to a string, you pretty much have a linear * form flow - if set to an array, you should * use {@link getNextStep()} to enact flow control * and branching to different form steps, * most likely based on previously set session data * (e.g. a checkbox field or a dropdown). * * @var array|string */ protected static $next_steps; /** * Each {@link MultiForm} subclass * needs at least one step which is marked as the "final" one * and triggers the {@link MultiForm->finish()} * method that wraps up the whole submission. * * @var boolean */ protected static $is_final_step = false; /** * Title of this step, can be used by each step that sub-classes this. * It's useful for creating a list of steps in your template. * * @var string */ protected $title; /** * Formfields to be rendered with this step * (Form object is created in {@link MultiForm}. * This function needs to be implemented * * @return FieldSet */ public function getFields() { user_error('Please implement getFields on your MultiFormStep subclass', E_USER_ERROR); } /** * * @return FieldSet */ public function getExtraActions() { return new FieldSet(); } /** * Get a validator specific to this form. * * @return Validator */ public function getValidator() { return null; } /** * Accessor method for $this->title */ public function getTitle() { return $this->title; } /** * Gets a direct link to this step (only works * if you're allowed to skip steps, or this step * has already been saved to the database * for the current {@link MultiFormSession}). * * @return string Relative URL to this step */ public function Link() { return Controller::curr()->Link() . '?MultiFormSessionID=' . $this->Session()->ID; } /** * Unserialize stored session data and return it. * This should be called when the form is constructed, * so the fields can be loaded with the values. */ public function loadData() { return unserialize($this->Data); } /** * Save the data for this step into session, serializing it first. * * @TODO write a code snippet on how to overload this method! * * @param array $data The processed data from save() on MultiForm */ public function saveData($data) { $this->Data = serialize($data); $this->write(); } /** * @TODO what does this method do? What is it's responsibility? * */ public function start() { } /** * @TODO what does this method do, in relation to MultiForm->finish() ? * I thought we were finalising the entire form on MultiForm, and not * each step? */ public function finish() { } /** * Returns the first value of $next_step * * @return String Classname of a {@link MultiFormStep} subclass */ public function getNextStep() { $nextSteps = $this->stat('next_steps'); // Check if next_steps have been implemented properly if not the final step if(!$this->isFinalStep()) { if(!isset($nextSteps)) user_error('MultiFormStep->getNextStep(): Please define at least one $next_steps on ' . $this->class, E_USER_ERROR); } if(is_string($nextSteps)) { return $nextSteps; } elseif(is_array($nextSteps) && count($nextSteps)) { // custom flow control goes here return $nextSteps[0]; } else { return false; } } /** * Returns the next step to the current step in the database. * * This will only return something if you've previously visited * the step ahead of the current step, so if you've gone to the * step ahead, and then gone back a step. * * @return MultiFormStep|boolean */ public function getNextStepFromDatabase() { $nextSteps = $this->stat('next_steps'); if(is_string($nextSteps)) { $step = DataObject::get($nextSteps, "SessionID = {$this->SessionID}", 'LastEdited DESC'); if($step) return $step->First(); } elseif(is_array($nextSteps)) { $step = DataObject::get($nextSteps[0], "SessionID = {$this->SessionID}", 'LastEdited DESC'); if($step) return $step->First(); } else { return false; } } /** * Accessor method for self::$next_steps */ public function getNextSteps() { return $this->stat('next_steps'); } /** * Returns the previous step, if there is one. * * To determine if there is a previous step, we check the database to see if there's * a previous step for this multi form session ID. * * @return String Classname of a {@link MultiFormStep} subclass */ public function getPreviousStep() { $steps = DataObject::get('MultiFormStep', "SessionID = {$this->SessionID}", 'LastEdited DESC'); if($steps) { foreach($steps as $step) { if($step->getNextStep()) { if($step->getNextStep() == $this->class) { return $step->class; } } } } } // ##################### Utility #################### /** * @TODO Do we need this? Can't we just check for the return value of getPreviousStep, * and do boolean logic from that? */ public function hasPreviousStep() { die('MultiFormStep->hasPreviousStep(): Not implemented yet'); } /** * Determines whether this step is the final step in the multi-step process or not, * based on the variable $is_final_step - to set the final step, create this variable * on your form step class. * * @return boolean */ public function isFinalStep() { return $this->stat('is_final_step'); } /** * Determines whether the currently viewed step is the current step set in the session. * This assumes you are checking isCurrentStep() against a data record of a MultiFormStep * subclass, otherwise it doesn't work. An example of this is using a singleton instance - it won't * work because there's no data. * * @return boolean */ public function isCurrentStep() { if($this->class == $this->Session()->CurrentStep()->class) return true; } } ?>