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<FORM NAME="name" FLEXYOBJECT="name">

<FORM NAME="name" FLEXYOBJECT="name"> -- configures automatic form elements

Synopsis

Usage (<FORM NAME="name" FLEXYOBJECT="name">, <FORM NAME="name" FLEXYIGNORE>, <FORM NAME="name">)

Description

By default, all forms are filled in with PHP code to echo their value (using a mapping of object to form element name.

Tag meanings

Example

Example 25-1. Setting variables for input

$this->theform = new StdClass;
// or you can use a DataObject!
$this->theform->theinput = "hello world";

Example 25-2. Using Form tags

<form name="theform">
<input name="theinput">
</form>

<form name="theform2" flexyobject="theform">
<input name="theinput">
</form>

<form name="theform2" flexyobject="">
<input name="theinput">
</form>

<form name="theform2" flexyignore>
<input name="theinput" value="dummy">
</form>

Example 25-3. Compiled template

<FORM NAME="theform">
<INPUT NAME="theinput" VALUE="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($t->theform->theinput); ?>"><?php
  if (isset($this->errors['theform.theinput'])) { echo
    htmlspecialchars($this->errors['theform.theinput']); } ?>
</FORM>
 
<FORM NAME="theform2">
<INPUT NAME="theinput" VALUE="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($t->theform->theinput); ?>"><?php 
  if (isset($this->errors['theform.theinput'])) { echo
    htmlspecialchars($this->errors['theform.theinput']); } ?>
</FORM>
 
<FORM NAME="theform2">
<INPUT NAME="theinput" VALUE="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($t->theinput); ?>"><?php 
  if (isset($this->errors['theinput'])) { echo  htmlspecialchars($this->errors['theinput']); } ?>
</FORM>
 
<FORM NAME="theform2">
<INPUT NAME="theinput" value="dummy">
</FORM>

Example 25-4. The resulting output

** well since I cant show forms, It will look something like this..

[hello world]

[hello world]

[           ]

[dummy      ]
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