Symfony2 Form Builder - Remove label, make it placeholder - php

Question

I am playing with Symfony's form builder, and I can't find a way to not display a label. Further, I am interested in actually setting a placeholder for each input box. Is this possible? I have researched a bit and found nothing.
My form:
<form action="{{ path('searchPeople') }}" method="post" class="form-inline">
{{ form_errors(form) }}
{{ form_row(form.first_name) }}
{{ form_row(form.last_name) }}
{{ form_rest(form) }}
<br />
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" /><i class="icon-search"></i>Search</button>
</form>

Answer 1

I know it's already answered, but might help somebody who is looking for a different solution for placeholders, if you don't want to change anything in your twig template:
$builder->add(
'name',
'text',
array(
'attr' => array(
'placeholder' => 'Your name',
),
'label' => false,
)
);

Answer 2

If you're outputting the field with form_rest you'll have to set the label for the the field to false in the form builder with something like
$builder->add('first_name', 'text', array(
'label' => false,
));
If you output the fields individually, you can omit the form_label for that field in the twig template, or set it to an empty string.
{{ form_label(form.first_name, '') }}

Answer 3

Convert label to placeholder
{% use 'form_div_layout.html.twig' with widget_attributes as base_widget_attributes %}
{% block widget_attributes %}
{% set attr = {'placeholder': label|trans({}, translation_domain)} %}
{{- block('base_widget_attributes') -}}
{% endblock widget_attributes %}

Answer 4

I did this recently! :) You'll want to create a new fields template, for form_row and one for form_widget. Then remove the form_label part, and add your placeholder.
http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/form/form_customization.html
You can do it per field, or set it for all of them.
Or you can also skip the removing the form_label from the form_row template, and just do form_widget() where you're currently calling form_row()

Answer 5

for other that come across this label-question:
you could use form theme to override the form_row tag for every form you want. However I recommend to just set it invisible for page reader optimization. my example with bootstrap:
{% block form_row %}
{% spaceless %}
{{ form_label(form, null, {'label_attr': {'class': 'sr-only'}}) }}
{{ form_errors(form) }}
{{ form_widget(form) }}
{% endspaceless %}
{% endblock form_row %}
don't forget to include your formtheme in config.yml and template.

Answer 6

For those NOT using form_row, you can always add the placeholder as an attribute directly when adding the input to the builder. Like so:
$task = new Task();
$form = $this->createFormBuilder($task)
->add('first_name', 'text', array(
'required' => true,
'trim' => true,
'attr' => array('placeholder' => 'Lorem Ipsum')
)->getForm();

Answer 7

Symfony 2.8 & above
Remove form_label
{% block form_row %}
<div>
{{ form_errors(form) }}
{{ form_widget(form) }}
</div>
{% endblock form_row %}
Add placeholder attribute
{% block form_widget_simple %}
{% set type = type|default('text') %}
<input placeholder="{{ translation_domain is same as(false) ? label : label|trans({}, translation_domain) }}" type="{{ type }}" {{ block('widget_attributes') }} {% if value is not empty %}value="{{ value }}" {% endif %}/>
{% endblock form_widget_simple %}

Answer 8

Expanding on Léo's answer:
{% use 'form_div_layout.html.twig' %}
{% block widget_attributes %}
{% spaceless %}
{% set attr = attr|merge({'placeholder': label}) %}
{{ parent() }}
{% endspaceless %}
{% endblock widget_attributes %}
trans filter has been removed because it is included in the parent.

Answer 9

You must render the form manually.
Here's an example:
<form id="form-message" action="{{ path('home') }}" method="post" {{ form_enctype(form) }}>
{{ form_label(form.name) }}
{% if form_errors(form.name) %}
<div class="alert alert-error">
{{ form_errors(form.name) }}
</div>
{% endif %}
{{ form_widget(form.name) }}
{{ form_row(form._token) }}
<input type="submit" class="btn" value="Submit">
</form>
Related documentation

Answer 10

To sums it up:
Titi's answer is the most simple ;
Mick, Léo & Quolonel's answers are the most effective but are incomplete (for symfony > 2.6) :
If you use the label_format option in your *Type::configureOptions, their solution does not work. You need to add the content of the form_label block to handle all the label possibilities.
The full & most effective answer (code used w/ symfony 3.3) :
Remove form_label
{% block form_row %}
<div>
{{ form_errors(form) }}
{{ form_widget(form) }}
</div>
{% endblock form_row %}
Edit the widget_attribute block
{% block widget_attributes %}
{% spaceless %}
{% if label is not same as(false) -%}
{% if label is empty -%}
{%- if label_format is not empty -%}
{% set label = label_format|replace({
'%name%': name,
'%id%': id,
}) %}
{%- else -%}
{% set label = name|humanize %}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}
{% set attr = attr|merge({'placeholder': label}) %}
{%- endif -%}
{{ parent() }}
{% endspaceless %}
{% endblock widget_attributes %}
Notes :
Do not translate the labels into the widget_attributes block, otherwise they will appear as missing translations.
The solution does not work for checkboxes or radio buttons, you'll want to add something like :
{%- block checkbox_widget -%}
{{ parent() }}
{{- form_label(form) -}}
{%- endblock checkbox_widget -%}

Answer 11

Bootstrap Forms
In my case best is mix aswers of #Cethy and #Quolonel Questions
{% form_theme form _self %}
{% use 'bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig' %}
{% block widget_attributes %} {# set placeholder #}
{% spaceless %}
{% set attr = attr|merge({'placeholder': label}) %}
{{ parent() }}
{% endspaceless %}
{% endblock widget_attributes %}
{% block form_row %} {# remove label #}
<div class="form-group">
{{ form_errors(form) }}
{{ form_widget(form) }}
</div>
{% endblock form_row %}
It looks the following
It works with translations

Answer 12

You can also copy the labels into the placeholder attribute before rendering the form:
$formView = $form->createView();
foreach($formView->getIterator() as $item) {
/** #var $item FormView */
if ($item->vars['label']) {
$item->vars['attr']['placeholder'] =$item->vars['label'];
}
}