How to set to checked by default a filter_checkbox choice field with symfony2.0?

Question

The title says pretty much everything, but here are pieces of my code to illustrate what I'm trying to do.

Here is the Form Type

//[...]
class ActivityFilterType extends AbstractType
{
  //[...]
  public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
  {
        $builder->add('filter_checkbox', 'choice', array(
                'label'    => $this->translator->trans('form.label.sexFilter'),
                'choices'  => array(1 => ucfirst($this->translator->transChoice('sex.female', 2)), 2 => ucfirst($this->translator->transChoice('sex.male', 2))),
                'multiple' => true,
                'expanded' => true,
                'required' => false,
                'empty_value' => false,
                /*
                   // those ones didn't make it
                   'attr'     => array( 1=>array('checked' => 'checked'), 2=>array('checked' => 'checked') ),
                   'preferred_choices' => array(1, 2),
                */
        ));
  }
  //[...]
}

And the form Template

<div class="filter-message">
    <div class="select-group">
        {{ form_label(form.filter_dropdown) }}
        <div class="input control-group filter" >
            {{ form_widget(form.filter_dropdown) }}
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="checkbox">
        {{ form_label(form.filter_checkbox) }}
        {{ form_widget(form.filter_checkbox, {'attr':{'checked':checked}}) }} 
        <!-- that didn't do it neither -->
    </div>
</div>

Thanks

stackoverflow.com/questions/8073236/…

Squazic
– Squazic

2013-02-22 00:32:54 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 0:32 — Squazic
– Squazic, Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 0:32

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:02:05Z

I followed @bentidy answer in a previous post pointed here by @Squazic. It's pretty simple

So for me, as I want both sex checkbox to be checked by default, I had to add the data argument as an array (it accepts both a single value and an array).

It goes like this :

//[...]
class ActivityFilterType extends AbstractType
{
  //[...]
  public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
  {
    $builder->add('filter_checkbox', 'choice', array(
            'label'    => $this->translator->trans('form.label.sexFilter'),
            'choices'  => array(1 => ucfirst($this->translator->transChoice('sex.female', 2)), 2 => ucfirst($this->translator->transChoice('sex.male', 2))),
            'multiple' => true,
            'expanded' => true,
            'required' => false,
            'empty_value' => false,
            'data' => array(1,2) // female value is 1 and male value is 2
    ));
  }
  //[...]
}

Here is the related doc : http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/reference/forms/types/field.html

Thanks Guys

Dirk Olbertz · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-22 09:59:11Z

0

You do this in the controller:

$activityFilter = new ActivityFilter();
$activityFilter->setFilterCheckbox(1);
$form = $this->createForm(new ActivityFilterType(), $activityFilter);
...

BTW: You shouldn't name your attribute filter_checkbox but rather make it more specific what is stored. For instance sexFilterin this case.

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 9:59

Dirk Olbertz

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svassr Over a year ago

Hi Dirk. Actually I have no methode called setFilterCheckbox. Are you suggesting me to create one in ActivityFilterType ('cause I have no ActivityFilter class neither) ?

Dirk Olbertz Over a year ago

You can also just use an array as $activityFilter. $activityFilter = array('filter_checkbox' => 1). It might be that you need Symfony 2.1 for this, instead of 2.0. But I'm not sure. I normally use entities for my forms to store the valies in a database.

Kjuly · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03 03:07:23Z

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If you have a checkbox array you must set 'data' to an array of the checkboxes values that you want to make checked. Like that:

'data' =>array(0,1,2),'choices'=>array(0=>'Permitem Acesso Livre', 1=>'Exigem Cadastro', 2=>'Cobram Mensalidades ou Taxas')

That's it.

edited Sep 3, 2013 at 3:07

Kjuly

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answered Sep 3, 2013 at 2:40

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