Change position of an added form field in Symfony

Question

I have created the form in Symfony 1.4/Doctrine) that is generated from the schema i can manipulate the field labels, the validation, modifying the widgets to get data from the db and can generate a new filed that is not in the schema.

The problem is the form is generated by $form variable and the the new field i create is at the bottom of this set of fields. How do i insert it somewhere in the schema generated fields.

Note . All i want to do is have Password and Confirm Password. Password is onviously in the schema but Confirm Password is not.

Answer 1

sfForm::useFields() is a new function to symfony 1.3 that allows the developer to specify exactly which fields the form should use and in which order they should be displayed. All other non-hidden fields are removed from the form.

from More With Forms Symfony 1.4

Answer 2

You can make any change by rendering each field separately in your template or view. For example, if you have user, password and confirm_password fields you can do:

//template or view
<?php echo $form['user']->renderRow()?><br/>
<?php echo $form['password']->renderRow()?><br/>
<?php echo $form['confirm_password']->renderRow()?>

if you want to do more complex things see Jobeet Form Example

Answer 3

You can use setPositions from the WidgetSchema to set positions of all your fields:

<?php

$this->getWidgetSchema()->setPositions(array(
    0 => 'field_one',
    1 => 'field_two',
    // etc...
));

Or you can "move" a field across the form with moveField:

<?php

// Moving to top
$this->getWidgetSchema()->moveField('field_one', sfWidgetFormSchema::FIRST);
// Moving before 'field_two'
$this->getWidgetSchema()->moveField('field_three', sfWidgetFormSchema::BEFORE, 'field_two');

//    *  Available actions are:
//    *
//    *  sfWidgetFormSchema::BEFORE
//    *  sfWidgetFormSchema::AFTER
//    *  sfWidgetFormSchema::LAST
//    *  sfWidgetFormSchema::FIRST