Advanced usage: Collection of form collections

On the most advanced forms, this is possible to see collection of form collections (for example if the form helps to create forms dynamically).

In fact, that's easier to explain if you look at the sample displayed at the bottom of this page.

Add, move, remove collections
Add, move, remove values

Collection1:

a

b

c

Collection2:

d

e

f

Collection3:

g

h

i


Code used:

    <script type="text/javascript">

        $('.parent-collection').collection({
            min: 0,
            max: 5,
            up: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up"></span> Move collection up</a>',
            down: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down"></span> Move collection down</a>',
            add: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus-sign"></span> Add collection</a>',
            remove: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span> Remove collection</a>',
            duplicate: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th-large"></span> Duplicate collection</a>',
            prefix: 'parent',
            allow_duplicate: true,
            children: [{
                selector: '.child-collection',
                add: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default">Add</span></a>',
                allow_duplicate: true
            }]
        });

    </script>
File: Base/BaseController.php
<?php

namespace Fuz\AppBundle\Base;

use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\Value;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Form\ValueType;
use Fuz\QuickStartBundle\Base\BaseController as QuickStartBase;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

class BaseController extends QuickStartBase
{
    protected function createContextSample(Request $request, $name = 'form', $values = ['a', 'b', 'c'])
    {
        $data = ['values' => $values];

        $form = $this
           ->get('form.factory')
           ->createNamedBuilder($name, Type\FormType::class, $data)
           ->add('values', Type\CollectionType::class, [
               'entry_type'    => Type\TextType::class,
               'label'         => 'Add, move, remove values and press Submit.',
               'entry_options' => [
                   'label' => 'Value',
               ],
               'allow_add'    => true,
               'allow_delete' => true,
               'prototype'    => true,
               'attr'         => [
                   'class' => "{$name}-collection",
               ],
           ])
           ->add('submit', Type\SubmitType::class)
           ->getForm()
        ;

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            $name         => $form->createView(),
            "{$name}Data" => $data,
        ];
    }

    protected function createAdvancedContextSample(Request $request, $name = 'advancedForm')
    {
        $a = new Value('a');
        $b = new Value('b');
        $c = new Value('c');

        $data = ['values' => [$a, $b, $c]];

        $form = $this
           ->get('form.factory')
           ->createNamedBuilder($name, Type\FormType::class, $data)
           ->add('values', Type\CollectionType::class, [
               'entry_type'   => ValueType::class,
               'label'        => 'Add, move, remove values and press Submit.',
               'allow_add'    => true,
               'allow_delete' => true,
               'prototype'    => true,
               'required'     => false,
               'attr'         => [
                   'class' => "{$name}-collection",
               ],
           ])
           ->add('submit', Type\SubmitType::class)
           ->getForm()
        ;

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            $name         => $form->createView(),
            "{$name}Data" => $data,
        ];
    }
}
File: Base/BaseController.php
File: Controller/AdvancedController.php
<?php

namespace Fuz\AppBundle\Controller;

use Fuz\AppBundle\Base\BaseController;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\Address;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\Addresses;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\Fancy;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\FancyCollection;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Entity\Value;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Form\AddressesType;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Form\FancyCollectionType;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Form\MyArrayType;
use Fuz\AppBundle\Form\ValueType;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

/**
 * @Route("/advanced")
 */
class AdvancedController extends BaseController
{
    /**
     * Advanced usage
     *
     * You can reference your form collection in the view, instead of
     * putting a selector in the form type.
     *
     * @Route("/mvcCompliance", name="mvcCompliance")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function mvcComplianceAction(Request $request)
    {
        $data = ['values' => ['a', 'b', 'c']];

        $form = $this
           ->createFormBuilder($data)
           ->add('values', Type\CollectionType::class, [
               'entry_type'    => Type\TextType::class,
               'label'         => 'Add, move, remove values and press Submit.',
               'entry_options' => [
                   'label' => 'Value',
               ],
               'allow_add'    => true,
               'allow_delete' => true,
               'prototype'    => true,
               'required'     => false,
//                   'attr' => array (
//                           'class' => 'my-selector', <--- Not MVC compliant!
//                   ),
           ])
           ->add('submit', Type\SubmitType::class)
           ->getForm()
        ;

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            'data' => $data,
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Advanced usage
     *
     * A custom form theme helps define button's layout and positions as and where you want.
     *
     * @Route("/customFormTheme", name="customFormTheme")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function customFormThemeAction(Request $request)
    {
        $data = ['values' => [new Value('a'), new Value('b'), new Value('c')]];

        $form = $this
           ->createFormBuilder($data)
           ->add('values', Type\CollectionType::class, [
               'entry_type'   => ValueType::class,
               'label'        => 'Add, move, remove values and press Submit.',
               'allow_add'    => true,
               'allow_delete' => true,
               'prototype'    => true,
               'required'     => false,
               'attr'         => [
                   'class' => 'collection',
               ],
           ])
           ->add('submit', Type\SubmitType::class)
           ->getForm()
        ;

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            'data' => $data,
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Advanced usage
     *
     * Same demo as above, but with the add button located at the bottom of
     * the form instead of close to each field.
     *
     * @Route("/customFormThemeAddBottom", name="customFormThemeAddBottom")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function customFormThemeAddBottomAction(Request $request)
    {
        return $this->customFormThemeAction($request);
    }

    /**
     * Advanced usage
     *
     * Collection of collections are useful on the most dynamic forms, and a good
     * way to test if the plugin is working as expected too.
     *
     * @Route("/collectionOfCollections", name="collectionOfCollections")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function collectionOfCollectionsAction(Request $request)
    {
        $data = [
            'collections' => [
                [new Value('a'), new Value('b'), new Value('c')],
                [new Value('d'), new Value('e'), new Value('f')],
                [new Value('g'), new Value('h'), new Value('i')],
            ],
        ];

        $form = $this
           ->get('form.factory')
           ->createNamedBuilder('form', Type\FormType::class, $data)
           ->add('collections', Type\CollectionType::class, [
               'entry_type'    => Type\CollectionType::class,
               'label'         => 'Add, move, remove collections',
               'entry_options' => [
                   'entry_type'    => ValueType::class,
                   'label'         => 'Add, move, remove values',
                   'entry_options' => [
                       'label' => 'Value',
                   ],
                   'allow_add'      => true,
                   'allow_delete'   => true,
                   'prototype'      => true,
                   'prototype_name' => '__children_name__',
                   'attr'           => [
                       'class' => 'child-collection',
                   ],
               ],
               'allow_add'      => true,
               'allow_delete'   => true,
               'prototype'      => true,
               'prototype_name' => '__parent_name__',
               'attr'           => [
                   'class' => 'parent-collection',
               ],
           ])
           ->add('submit', Type\SubmitType::class)
           ->getForm()
        ;

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            'data' => $data,
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Advanced usage
     *
     * Looks like there are weird behaviours with Doctrine:
     * https://github.com/ninsuo/symfony-collection/issues/7
     * Let's test that live!
     *
     * ... hmm, doesn't look bad anyway
     *
     * @Route(
     *      "/usageWithDoctrine/{name}",
     *      name = "usageWithDoctrine",
     *      defaults = {
     *          "name" = "example"
     *      }
     * )
     * @Template()
     */
    public function usageWithDoctrineAction(Request $request, $name)
    {
        $repo = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('FuzAppBundle:MyArray');

        $data = $repo->findOneByName($name);
        if (is_null($data)) {
            $data = $repo->create($name);
        }

        $form = $this->createForm(MyArrayType::class, $data);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        $form->get('save')->isClicked() && $form->isValid() && $repo->save($data);

        return [
            'names' => $repo->getArrayNames(),
            'form'  => $form->createView(),
            'data'  => $data,
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Related to usageWithDoctrine demo
     *
     * @Route(
     *      "/usageWithDoctrineDelete/{name}",
     *      name = "usageWithDoctrineDelete"
     * )
     */
    public function usageWithDoctrineDeleteAction(Request $request, $name)
    {
        $repo = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('FuzAppBundle:MyArray');
        if (!is_null($data = $repo->findOneByName($name))) {
            $repo->delete($data);
        }

        return $this->forward('FuzAppBundle:Advanced:usageWithDoctrine', [
            'name' => 'example',
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * A form having a theme and containing several fields
     *
     * @Route(
     *      "/formHavingSeveralFields",
     *      name = "formHavingSeveralFields"
     * )
     * @Template()
     */
    public function formHavingSeveralFieldsAction(Request $request)
    {
        $address = new Address();
        $address->setName('Mickael Steller');
        $address->setCompany('fuz.org');
        $address->setStreet('41 rue de la Paix');
        $address->setPostalcode('75002');
        $address->setCity('Paris');
        $address->setCountry('France');

        $addresses = new Addresses();
        $addresses->getAddresses()->add($address);

        $form = $this->createForm(AddressesType::class, $addresses);
        if ($request->isMethod('POST')) {
            $form->handleRequest($request);
        }

        return [
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            'data' => $addresses,
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Another example of form theme
     *
     * @Route(
     *      "/fancyFormTheme",
     *      name = "fancyFormTheme"
     * )
     * @Template()
     */
    public function fancyFormThemeAction(Request $request)
    {
        $fancyCollection = new FancyCollection();

        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
            $fancy = new Fancy();
            $fancyCollection->getFancyCollection()->add($fancy);
        }

        $form = $this->createForm(FancyCollectionType::class, $fancyCollection);

        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return [
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            'data' => $fancyCollection,
        ];
    }
}
File: Controller/AdvancedController.php
File: Resources/views/Advanced/collectionOfCollections.html.twig
{% extends 'FuzAppBundle::layout.html.twig' %}

{% block extra_js %}
    <script src="{{ asset('js/jquery.collection.js') }}"></script>
{% endblock %}

{% block title %}Advanced usage: Collection of form collections{% endblock %}

{% block body %}

    <h2>{{ block('title') }}</h2>

    <p>
        On the most advanced forms, this is possible to see collection of form collections (for example if the form helps to create
        forms dynamically).
    </p>

    <p>
        In fact, that's easier to explain if you look at the sample displayed at the bottom of this page.
    </p>

    {%
        form_theme form
            'jquery.collection.html.twig'
            'FuzAppBundle:Advanced:advanced-theme.html.twig'
    %}

    {{ form(form) }}

    <hr/>

    {% for key, collection in data.collections %}
        <p>Collection {{ key + 1 }}:</p>

        {% for value in collection %}
            <p style="margin-left: 25px;">{{ value }}</p>
        {% endfor %}

    {% endfor %}

    <hr/>

    <p>Code used:</p>
    <pre>{{ block('script') | e }}</pre>

    {{
        tabs([
            'Base/BaseController.php',
            'Controller/AdvancedController.php',
            'Resources/views/Advanced/collectionOfCollections.html.twig',
        ])
    }}

{% endblock %}

{% block script %}

    <script type="text/javascript">

        $('.parent-collection').collection({
            min: 0,
            max: 5,
            up: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up"></span> Move collection up</a>',
            down: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down"></span> Move collection down</a>',
            add: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus-sign"></span> Add collection</a>',
            remove: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span> Remove collection</a>',
            duplicate: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th-large"></span> Duplicate collection</a>',
            prefix: 'parent',
            allow_duplicate: true,
            children: [{
                selector: '.child-collection',
                add: '<a href="#" class="btn btn-default">Add</span></a>',
                allow_duplicate: true
            }]
        });

    </script>

{% endblock %}
File: Resources/views/Advanced/collectionOfCollections.html.twig