Zend Forms - populate() and setDefaults()

Question

Let\'s say I have a form that collects a first name and a last name:

$first_name = new Zend_Form_Element_Text(\'first_name\');
$first_name->setLabel(\"First N         


        

Answer 1

Array keys are the field names, array values are the field values.

$data = array( 'first_name' => 'Mickey', 'last_name' => 'Mouse' );

Answer 2

FYI - in Zend_Form, $form->populate($data) just makes a call to $form->setDefaults($data).

Answer 3

The form->populate() method takes an array where the keys are the names of the form fields.

The Zend_Db_Table_Row object implements a toArray() method which can be used here (as do many other objects). So you can do stuff like:

$form = new MyForm;

$table = new MyTable;
$rowset = $table->find($id);
$row = $rowset->current();

$form->populate($row->toArray());

Answer 4

simple, create an array

$data = array('nameInput'=> 'your value');

Add your form to your View

$this->view->form = $form;

then you add data to the form

$form->populate($data);