Symfony ignore validation about extra fields

Question

I need to add additional form fields dynamically with different names and ids to the form using angularJS. How do I make symfony ignore those fields when checking if the form is valid? I cant add those fields to the builder because I don't know what the names of the field will be. I could use form field naming including ID for example field1, field2, field3 and so on. but if so can I set a pattern of the field somehow? something like field*

b.b3rn4rd b.b3rn4rd · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-17T04:00:23

Despite that fact that I agree with @sepikas_antanas, if you desperately want to go that path you can add unknown form fields using submitted data:

class ExampleEntry extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $f = function(FormEvent $event) {
            $form = $event->getForm();
            $data = $event->getData();
            if (is_array($data)) {
                foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
                    if (!$form->has($name)) {
                        // dunno you fields types 
                        $form->add($name, 'hidden');
                    }
                }
            }
        };
        $builder->addEventListener(FormEvents::PRE_SET_DATA, $f);
        $builder->addEventListener(FormEvents::PRE_SUBMIT, $f);             
    }

Symfony ignore validation about extra fields

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