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FormUI_Base Class Reference

Base class (covering non-presentation elements) supplying a standard user interface for presenting and working with HTML forms. More...

Inheritance diagram for FormUI_Base:
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## Public Member Functions
| __construct ($FieldParams, $FieldValues=array(), $UniqueKey=NULL)
| Class constructor. More...
| DisplayFormTable ($TableId=NULL, $TableStyle=NULL)
| Display HTML table with settings parameters. More...
| ValidateFieldInput ()
| Validate field values on submitted form. More...
| AddValidationParameters ()
| Add values to be passed to input validation functions, in addition to field name and value. More...
| GetNewValuesFromForm ()
| Retrieve values set by form. More...
| GetFieldValue ($FieldName)
| Get value for form field. More...
| HandleUploads ()
| Handle image and file uploads. More...
| HandleDeletes ()
| Handle image and file deletions. More...
| SetEventToSignalOnChange ($EventName, $EventParams=array())
| Set event to signal when retrieving values from form when settings have changed. More...
| ValidateEmail ($FieldName, $FieldValues)
| Validate value as valid-appearing email address. More...
| ValidateUrl ($FieldName, $FieldValues)
| Validate value as valid-appearing URL. More...
| ValidateHostName ($FieldName, $FieldValues)
| Validate value as valid host name (i.e. More...

## Static Public Member Functions
static | LogError ($Msg, $Field=NULL)
| Log error message for later display. More...
static | GetLoggedErrors ()
| Get logged errors. More...
static | ErrorsLogged ($Field=FALSE)
| Report whether errors have been logged. More...
static | ClearLoggedErrors ($Field=FALSE)
| Clear logged errors. More...
static | DidValueChange ($OldValue, $NewValue)
| Determine if a new form field value is different from an old one. More...
static | LoadValue ($Type, $Data)
| Load value of requested type from supplied data. More...

## Public Attributes
const | FTYPE_FLAG = "Flag"
| Supported field types. More...
const | FTYPE_IMAGE = "Image"
const | FTYPE_METADATAFIELD = "MetadataField"
const | FTYPE_NUMBER = "Number"
const | FTYPE_OPTION = "Option"
const | FTYPE_PARAGRAPH = "Paragraph"
const | FTYPE_PASSWORD = "Password"
const | FTYPE_PRIVILEGES = "Privileges"
const | FTYPE_SEARCHPARAMS = "Search Parameters"
const | FTYPE_TEXT = "Text"
const | FTYPE_URL = "URL"
const | FTYPE_USER = "User"
const | FTYPE_HEADING = "Heading"
| Supported field pseudo-types. More...
const | NO_VALUE_FOR_FIELD = "NO VALUE"
| Marker used to indicate currently no value for field. More...

## Protected Member Functions
| DisplayFormField ($Name, $Value, $Params)
| Display HTML form field for specified field. More...
| GetFormFieldName ($FieldName, $IncludePrefix=TRUE)
| Get HTML form field name for specified field. More...
| GetHiddenFieldsHtml ()
| Get HTML for hidden form fields associated with form processing. More...

## Protected Attributes
| $DeletedImages = array()
| $ExtraValidationParams = array()
| $ExtraValues = array()
| $FieldParams
| $FieldValues
| $HiddenFields = array()
| $SettingChangeEventName = NULL
| $SettingChangeEventParams = array()

## Static Protected Attributes
static | $ErrorMessages = array()

## Detailed Description

Base class (covering non-presentation elements) supplying a standard user interface for presenting and working with HTML forms.

Definition at line 14 of file FormUI_Base.php.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

FormUI_Base::__construct | ( |  | $FieldParams,
|  |  | $FieldValues = `array()`,
|  |  | $UniqueKey = `NULL`
| ) |  |

Class constructor.

Parameters

  array | $FieldParams | Associative array of associative arrays of form field parameters, with field names for the top index.
  array | $FieldValues | Associative array of current values for form fields, with field names for the index. (OPTIONAL, as values may also be supplied via $FieldParams.)
  string | $UniqueKey | Unique string to include in form field names to distinguish them from other fields in the form. (OPTIONAL)

Definition at line 44 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $FieldParams, $FieldValues, and DisplayFormTable().

## Member Function Documentation

FormUI_Base::AddValidationParameters | ( |  | ) |

Add values to be passed to input validation functions, in addition to field name and value.

See also
  FormUI_Base::ValidateFieldInput()

Definition at line 309 of file FormUI_Base.php.

static FormUI_Base::ClearLoggedErrors | ( |  | $Field = `FALSE` | ) |
| static

Clear logged errors.

Parameters

  string | $Field | Clear only errors for specified field. (OPTIONAL)

Definition at line 152 of file FormUI_Base.php.

static FormUI_Base::DidValueChange | ( |  | $OldValue,
|  |  | $NewValue
| ) |  |
| static

Determine if a new form field value is different from an old one.

Parameters

  mixed | $OldValue | Old field value.
  mixed | $NewValue | New field value.

Returns
  Returns TRUE if the values are different and FALSE otherwise.

Definition at line 693 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::DisplayFormField | ( |  | $Name,
|  |  | $Value,
|  |  | $Params
| ) |  |
| abstractprotected

Display HTML form field for specified field.

Parameters

  string | $Name | Field name.
  mixed | $Value | Current value for field.
  array | $Params | Field parameters.

FormUI_Base::DisplayFormTable | ( |  | $TableId = `NULL`,
|  |  | $TableStyle = `NULL`
| ) |  |
| abstract

Display HTML table with settings parameters.

Parameters

  string | $TableId | CSS ID for table element. (OPTIONAL)
  string | $TableStyle | CSS styles for table element. (OPTIONAL)

Referenced by __construct().

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static FormUI_Base::ErrorsLogged | ( |  | $Field = `FALSE` | ) |
| static

Report whether errors have been logged.

Parameters

  string | $Field | Field to check – specify NULL to check for any errors with no field associated. (OPTIONAL)

Returns
  bool TRUE if errors have been logged, otherwise FALSE.

Definition at line 136 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::GetFieldValue | ( |  | $FieldName | ) |

Get value for form field.

Parameters

  string | $FieldName | Canonical field name.

Returns
  mixed Value or array of values for field.

Definition at line 474 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References GetFormFieldName().

Referenced by FormUI\DisplayFormTable(), and FormUI\HandleDeletes().

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FormUI_Base::GetFormFieldName | ( |  | $FieldName,
|  |  | $IncludePrefix = `TRUE`
| ) |  |
| protected

Get HTML form field name for specified field.

Parameters

  string | $FieldName | Field name.
  bool | $IncludePrefix | If TRUE, "F_" prefix is included. (OPTIONAL, defaults to TRUE.)

Returns
  string Form field name.

Definition at line 935 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by FormUI\DisplayFormField(), FormUI\DisplayFormTable(), FormUI\DisplayImageField(), GetFieldValue(), GetNewValuesFromForm(), FormUI\HandleDeletes(), HandleDeletes(), HandleUploads(), and FormUI\PrintFieldHidingJavascript().

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FormUI_Base::GetHiddenFieldsHtml | ( |  | ) |
| protected

Get HTML for hidden form fields associated with form processing.

Definition at line 945 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by FormUI\DisplayFormTable().

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static FormUI_Base::GetLoggedErrors | ( |  | ) |
| static

Get logged errors.

Returns
  array Logged errors, with associated fields for the index (NULL for errors with no association) and an array of error messages for each value.

Definition at line 125 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::GetNewValuesFromForm | ( |  | ) |

Retrieve values set by form.

Returns
  array Array of configuration settings, with setting names for the index, and new setting values for the values.

Definition at line 319 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $SettingChangeEventParams, and GetFormFieldName().

Referenced by ConfigSettingsUI\GetNewSettingsFromForm(), and ValidateFieldInput().

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FormUI_Base::HandleDeletes | ( |  | ) |

Handle image and file deletions.

Definition at line 651 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References GetFormFieldName().

FormUI_Base::HandleUploads | ( |  | ) |

Handle image and file uploads.

Definition at line 573 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $FieldParams, AI_OKAY, AI_UNKNOWNTYPE, AI_UNSUPPORTEDFORMAT, GetFormFieldName(), and LogError().

static FormUI_Base::LoadValue | ( |  | $Type,
|  |  | $Data
| ) |  |
| static

Load value of requested type from supplied data.

Parameters

  string | $Type | Type of value (FTYPE_*).
  mixed | $Data | Data to use in loading value.

Returns
  mixed Loaded value.

Definition at line 795 of file FormUI_Base.php.

static FormUI_Base::LogError | ( |  | $Msg,
|  |  | $Field = `NULL`
| ) |  |
| static

Log error message for later display.

Parameters

  string | $Msg | Error message.
  string | $Field | Field associated with error. (OPTIONAL, defaults to no field association)

Definition at line 114 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by HandleUploads().

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FormUI_Base::SetEventToSignalOnChange | ( |  | $EventName,
|  |  | $EventParams = `array()`
| ) |  |

Set event to signal when retrieving values from form when settings have changed.

If the supplied event parameters include parameter names (indexes) of "SettingName", "OldValue", or "NewValue", the parameter value will be replaced with an appropriate value before the event is signaled.

Parameters

  string | $EventName | Name of event to signal.
  array | $EventParams | Array of event parameters, with CamelCase parameter names for index. (OPTIONAL)

See also
  FormUI_Base::GetNewsettingsFromForm()

Definition at line 681 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::ValidateEmail | ( |  | $FieldName,
|  |  | $FieldValues
| ) |  |

Validate value as valid-appearing email address.

This is intended to be used with the "ValidateFunction" capability, like this:

"ValidateFunction" => array("FormUI", "ValidateEmail"),

(The "FormUI" part will be replaced by the appropropriate FormUI object before the method is called.)

Parameters

  string | $FieldName | Name of form field.
  array | $FieldValues | Form values being validated.

Returns
  string Error message or NULL if value appears valid.

Definition at line 833 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $FieldValues.

FormUI_Base::ValidateFieldInput | ( |  | ) |

Validate field values on submitted form.

Validation functions (specified via the "ValidateFunction" parameter) should take a field name and value as parameters, and return NULL if the field validates successfully, or an error message if it does not.

Returns
  int Number of fields with invalid values found.

Definition at line 171 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References GetNewValuesFromForm().

FormUI_Base::ValidateHostName | ( |  | $FieldName,
|  |  | $FieldValues
| ) |  |

Validate value as valid host name (i.e.

one that can be resolved to an IP address via DNS). This is intended to be used with the "ValidateFunction" capability, like this:

"ValidateFunction" => array("FormUI", "ValidateHostName"),

(The "FormUI" part will be replaced by the appropropriate FormUI object before the method is called.)

Parameters

  string | $FieldName | Name of form field.
  array | $FieldValues | Form values being validated.

Returns
  string Error message or NULL if value appears valid.

Definition at line 888 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $FieldValues.

FormUI_Base::ValidateUrl | ( |  | $FieldName,
|  |  | $FieldValues
| ) |  |

Validate value as valid-appearing URL.

This is intended to be used with the "ValidateFunction" capability, like this:

"ValidateFunction" => array("FormUI", "ValidateUrl"),

(The "FormUI" part will be replaced by the appropropriate FormUI object before the method is called.)

Parameters

  string | $FieldName | Name of form field.
  array | $FieldValues | Form values being validated.

Returns
  string Error message or NULL if value appears valid.

Definition at line 860 of file FormUI_Base.php.

References $FieldValues.

## Member Data Documentation

FormUI_Base::$DeletedImages = array()
| protected

Definition at line 906 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by FormUI\DisplayImageField().

FormUI_Base::$ErrorMessages = array()
| staticprotected

Definition at line 915 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::$ExtraValidationParams = array()
| protected

Definition at line 907 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::$ExtraValues = array()
| protected

Definition at line 908 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::$FieldParams
| protected

Definition at line 909 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by __construct(), and HandleUploads().

FormUI_Base::$FieldValues
| protected

Definition at line 910 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by __construct(), ValidateEmail(), ValidateHostName(), and ValidateUrl().

FormUI_Base::$HiddenFields = array()
| protected

Definition at line 911 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::$SettingChangeEventName = NULL
| protected

Definition at line 912 of file FormUI_Base.php.

FormUI_Base::$SettingChangeEventParams = array()
| protected

Definition at line 913 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by GetNewValuesFromForm().

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_FLAG = "Flag"

Supported field types.

Definition at line 19 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_HEADING = "Heading"

Supported field pseudo-types.

Definition at line 32 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by UserEditingUI\GetRequestAccountForm().

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_IMAGE = "Image"

Definition at line 20 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_METADATAFIELD = "MetadataField"

Definition at line 21 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_NUMBER = "Number"

Definition at line 22 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_OPTION = "Option"

Definition at line 23 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by UserEditingUI\GetRequestAccountForm().

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_PARAGRAPH = "Paragraph"

Definition at line 24 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_PASSWORD = "Password"

Definition at line 25 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by UserEditingUI\GetRequestAccountForm().

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_PRIVILEGES = "Privileges"

Definition at line 26 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_SEARCHPARAMS = "Search Parameters"

Definition at line 27 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_TEXT = "Text"

Definition at line 28 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by UserEditingUI\GetRequestAccountForm().

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_URL = "URL"

Definition at line 29 of file FormUI_Base.php.

const FormUI_Base::FTYPE_USER = "User"

Definition at line 30 of file FormUI_Base.php.

Referenced by UserEditingUI\GetRequestAccountForm().

const FormUI_Base::NO_VALUE_FOR_FIELD = "NO VALUE"

Marker used to indicate currently no value for field.

Definition at line 918 of file FormUI_Base.php.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- interface/default/objects/FormUI_Base.php