How does one add a 'plain text node' to a zend form?

Question

I\'m trying to add a plain text node in a zend form - the purpose is to only dispay some static text.

The problem is - im not aware of any such way to do it.

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Answer 1

There might be a better way, but I created a paragraph by using a custom form element and view helper. Seems like alot of code for something so simple. Please let me know if you've found a more simplistic way to do it.

//From your form, add the MyParagraph element
$this->addElement(new Zend_Form_Element_MyParagraph('myParagraph'));

class Zend_Form_Element_MyParagraph extends Zend_Form_Element
{
    public $helper = 'myParagraph';
    public function init()
    {
        $view = $this->getView();
    }
}

class Zend_View_Helper_MyParagraph extends Zend_View_Helper_FormElement {

    public function init() {
    }

    public function myParagraph() {
        $html = '<p>hello world</p>';
        return $html;
    }

}

Answer 2

This one-liner works for me:

$objectForm->addElement(new Zend_Form_Element_Note('note', array('value' => 'Hello World')));

Answer 3

This functionality is built into Zend via Zend_Form_Element_Note.

$note = new Zend_Form_Element_Note('forgot_password');
$note->setValue('<a href="' . $this->getView()->serverUrl($this->getView()->url(array('action' => 'forgot-password'))) . '">Forgot Password?</a>');

Answer 4

Zend has a form note view helper (Zend_View_Helper_FormNote), which you can use to add text.

Just create a new form element (/application/forms/Element/Note.php):

class Application_Form_Element_Note extends Zend_Form_Element_Xhtml  
{  
    public $helper = 'formNote';  
}

In your form:

$note = new Application_Form_Element_Note(
    'test',
    array('value' => 'This is a <b>test</b>')
);
$this->addElement($note);

Answer 5

I faced the same problem and decided is better not to use Zend_Form at all, but to use directly view helpers (like Ruby on Rails does) and validate on the model.

Answer 6

Adding a hidden element with non-escaped description does the thing.

$form->addElement('hidden', 'plaintext', array(
    'description' => 'Hello world! <a href="#">Check it out</a>',
    'ignore' => true,
    'decorators' => array(
        array('Description', array('escape'=>false, 'tag'=>'')),
    ),
));

Works perfectly. It is still attached to an element, which is, however, not rendered this way.

Code taken from: http://paveldubinin.com/2011/04/7-quick-tips-on-zend-form/