Working with Fieldset class and ORM in FuelPHP - php

Question

First : sorry for my long message.
I'm trying to learn Fuel, but I have some problems with Fieldset class and Orm.
I've create a Model which extends ORM, in order to get an automatic generated form, according to my database.
My Model
class Model_Product extends \Orm\Model
{
protected static $_table_name = 'products';
protected static $_properties = array(
'id' => array(
'data_type' => 'int'
),
'name' => array(
'data_type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Name',
'validation' => array(
'required', 'trim', 'max_length'=>array(30), 'min_length'=>array(3)
),
),
'description' => array(
'data_type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Description',
'validation' => array(
'max_length' => array(290)
),
'form' => array(
'type' => 'textarea'
),
),
'price' => array(
'data_type' => 'integer',
'label' => 'Price',
'validation' => array(
'required', 'trim', 'valid_string' => array('numeric','dots')
),
),
'pic' => array(
'data_type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Path to the pic',
'validation' => array(
'required', 'trim'
),
),
'registered' => array(
'data_type' => 'date',
'label' => 'Registration date',
'validation' => array(
'required', 'trim'
) //'valid_string' => array('numeric','dashes')
),
);
} //end of class Model_Product
Then I create the controller which will validate the form.
My function from the controller
function action_add()
{
$fieldset = Fieldset::forge('add_product')->add_model('Model_Product')->repopulate();
$form = $fieldset->form();
$form->add('submit', '', array('type' => 'button', 'value' => 'Add item', 'class' => 'button-link' ));
$validation = $fieldset->Validation();
if($validation->run() === true)
{
$fields = $fieldset->validated();
//create a new Product, with validated fields
$product = new Model_Product;
$product->name = $fields['name'];
$product->description = $fields['description'];
$product->price = $fields['price'];
$product->pic = $fields['pic'];
$product->registered = $fields['registered'];
try
{
//if the product is successfully inserted in the database
if($product->save())
{
Session::set_flash('success', 'Product successfully added !');
\Response::redirect('products/product_details/'.$product->id);
}
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
Session::set_flash('error', 'Unable to save the product into the database !'.$e->getMessage());
}
}
//If the validation doesn't pass
else
{
Session::set_flash('error', $fieldset->show_errors());
}
$this->template->set('content', $form->build(), false);
} // end of method add()
My first question :
How and where in my function from controller can i add a 'fieldset' tag with a specific class, in order to 'beautify' my auto-generated form ?
Let's say
<fieldset class="add_product">
Second question :
What do I have to do in order to correctly validate de 'price' field, because in MySQL is set as decimal(5,2), but when I'm trying to validate with my actual validation rule, it doesn't pass (it works only with integer values Ex.: 42, but not with decimal Ex.: 42.35). I have tried to change the type from 'integer' to 'double', but it doesn't work .
If you can point to some specific documentation regarding my problems, which I possible didn't read yet, please do feel free.
Gabriel

Answer 1

I can answer the first question To change the automatically generated form you will need to copy fuel/core/config/form.php to the fuel/app/config directory and edit this file to suit your needs.