Zend_Form and Decorator Layout

Question

Is there any way to setup all my Zend_Forms with this ?

$this->element->setDecorators(array(
    'ViewHelper',
    'Errors',
    'Label',
    array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'id' => '[MyElementLabel]')));

Instead of do that one by one element of my Zend_forms? I mean something like a Form layout

Answer 1

The most concise way to override default decorators is by creating your own set of elements and overriding the loadDefaultDecorators() method.

You get Zend_Form to load your classes instead of it's own by adding your custom prefix path to it's plugin loader.

Here's some examples from my custom set of form elements

• Form class - https://github.com/philBrown/Tolerable/blob/master/library/Tolerable/Form.php
• Primary element - https://github.com/philBrown/Tolerable/blob/master/library/Tolerable/Form/Element.php
• Custom elements - https://github.com/philBrown/Tolerable/tree/master/library/Tolerable/Form/Element
• Decorators - https://github.com/philBrown/Tolerable/tree/master/library/Tolerable/Form/Decorator

This is a little out of date as I haven't committed recent changes but the stuff you're looking for is applicable (plugin loader, default decorators, etc)

Answer 2

if you are looking for a way to handle Zend_Forms without dealing with the decorators (a quick and easy approach) check out: Zend_Form : data table with checkboxes

Ignore the checkbox stuff, the important part is laying out your form the way you want in your view (or in a partial if you want to reuse the form html) so pass the form to your view and call the elements into the html as needed.