Symfony2 form_errors

Answer 1

Here is my solution. I have decided to create an array with errors and pass it into the view (twig). It took me a while to work out how to get error messages... but here we go:

    // Controller example: 
    public function indexAction(Request $request)
    {
    $task = new \Michael\MikeBundle\Entity\Task();
    $task->setTask('Write a blog post');
    $task->setDueDate(new \DateTime('tomorrow'));
    
    $form = $this->createFormBuilder($task)
         ->add('task', 'text', 
                 array('attr' => array('title' => 'Enter Task')))
         ->add('dueDate', 'date', array(
             'widget' => 'single_text',
             'required' => false,
             'attr' => array('title' => 'Insert due date')))
         ->getForm();

    // If user submitted code
    if ($request->getMethod() == 'POST') {
            // Get form part from request
            $request->request->get('form');    
            
            // Bind request into the form
            $form->bindRequest($request);
        }
        
    // Pass into the view
    return array('errors' => $this->_getErrors($form), 'form' => $form->createView());
    }

    protected function _getErrors($form)
    {
    // Validate form
    $errors = $this->get('validator')->validate($form);
    
    // Prepare collection
    $collection = array();
    
    // Loop through each element of the form
    foreach ($form->getChildren() as $key => $child) {
        $collection[$key] = "";
    }
    
    foreach ($errors as $error) {
        $collection[str_replace("data.", "", $error->getPropertyPath())] = $error->getMessage();
    }
    return $collection;
    }

The important part is method _getErrors($form) as it returns an array like this (if there are errors)

$errors['task'] = This value should not be blank

$errors['dueDate'] = ""

And here is twig part:

    

        

            
{{ form_label(form.dueDate) }}
            
{{ form_widget(form.dueDate) }}
            
{{ errors[form.dueDate.vars["name"]] }}
        
        

            
{{ form_label(form.task) }}
            
{{ form_widget(form.task) }}
            
{{ errors[form.task.vars["name"]] }}
        
    

I hope its clear enough. Let me know if you need help.

Please post answer if there is an easier way to do it.