how to manage multiple form templates in fuelphp - php

Question

Hello I just migrated from CI to Fuel.... I am using Fieldset class to auto generate form in the view.... The problem i am facing is I have multiple types of form templates i.e some of my models use twitter bootstrap horizontal inline form where as few models use custom templates... I am able to set single type of form template in form.php which i copy from fuel/core/config/form.php to fuel/app/config/form.php
Here is the sample return array for form template
return array(
// regular form definitions
'prep_value' => true,
'auto_id' => true,
'auto_id_prefix' => 'form_',
'form_method' => 'post',
'form_template' => "\n\t\t{open}\n\t\t<table>\n{fields}\n\t\t</table>\n\t\t{close}\n",
'fieldset_template' => "\n\t\t<tr><td colspan=\"2\">{open}<table>\n{fields}</table></td></tr>\n\t\t{close}\n",
'field_template' => "\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{label}{required}</td>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{field} <span>{description}</span> {error_msg}</td>\n\t\t</tr>\n",
'multi_field_template' => "\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{group_label}{required}</td>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{fields}\n\t\t\t\t{field} {label}<br />\n{fields}<span>{description}</span>\t\t\t{error_msg}\n\t\t\t</td>\n\t\t</tr>\n",
'error_template' => '<span>{error_msg}</span>',
'group_label' => '<span>{label}</span>',
'required_mark' => '*',
'inline_errors' => false,
'error_class' => null,
'label_class' => null,
// tabular form definitions
'tabular_form_template' => "<table>{fields}</table>\n",
'tabular_field_template' => "{field}",
'tabular_row_template' => "<tr>{fields}</tr>\n",
'tabular_row_field_template' => "\t\t\t<td>{label}{required} {field} {error_msg}</td>\n",
'tabular_delete_label' => "Delete?",
);
I want multiple form templates like this so that i will be able to auto generate the form where it is needed using $fieldset->form()->build() function...
Is there any way to do this??

Answer 1

yes. try this:
forge($name = 'default', $config = array());
$article_form = Fieldset::forge('article',array(
// regular form definitions
'prep_value' => true,
'auto_id' => true,
'auto_id_prefix' => 'form_',
'form_method' => 'post',
'form_template' => "\n\t\t{open}\n\t\t<table>\n{fields}\n\t\t</table>\n\t\t{close}\n",
'fieldset_template' => "\n\t\t<tr><td colspan=\"2\">{open}<table>\n{fields}</table></td></tr>\n\t\t{close}\n",
'field_template' => "\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{label}{required}</td>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{field} <span>{description}</span> {error_msg}</td>\n\t\t</tr>\n",
'multi_field_template' => "\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{group_label}{required}</td>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"{error_class}\">{fields}\n\t\t\t\t{field} {label}<br />\n{fields}<span>{description}</span>\t\t\t{error_msg}\n\t\t\t</td>\n\t\t</tr>\n",
'error_template' => '<span>{error_msg}</span>',
'group_label' => '<span>{label}</span>',
'required_mark' => '*',
'inline_errors' => false,
'error_class' => null,
'label_class' => null,
// tabular form definitions
'tabular_form_template' => "<table>{fields}</table>\n",
'tabular_field_template' => "{field}",
'tabular_row_template' => "<tr>{fields}</tr>\n",
'tabular_row_field_template' => "\t\t\t<td>{label}{required} {field} {error_msg}</td>\n",
'tabular_delete_label' => "Delete?",
));