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Actually it seems that $addstring is more like this: get_string('key', 'module', '{no}') in which $a is put into by formslib somewhere. (Penny) | |||
This method can be called from within definition(). Here is an example from within chat_mod_form in chat/mod_form.php. You can see this at work if you add a chat form or update a chat form in your course. | This method can be called from within definition(). Here is an example from within chat_mod_form in chat/mod_form.php. You can see this at work if you add a chat form or update a chat form in your course. |
Revision as of 15:31, 26 February 2009
Template:Formslib This function adds a repeating group of elements. An array index starting with a zero index will be added to the elementname so that the form will return arrays of submitted values.
Also on the form there will be a button to add extra elements to the form. The form page reloads with extra form elements. This involves no javascript.
From the phpdoc comments from this moodleform method :
/** * Method to add a repeating group of elements to a form. * * @param array $elementobjs Array of elements or groups of elements that are to be repeated * @param integer $repeats no of times to repeat elements initially * @param array $options Array of options to apply to elements. Array keys are element names. * This is an array of arrays. The second sets of keys are the option types * for the elements : * 'default' - default value is value * 'helpbutton' - helpbutton params array is value * 'disabledif' - last three moodleform::disabledIf() * params are value as an array * 'rule' - array of arguments for addRule for the elements * or a string with a rule name which will be a rule name * which be validated client side and which has a default error * message. * @param string $repeathiddenname name for hidden element storing no of repeats in this form * @param string $addfieldsname name for button to add more fields * @param int $addfieldsno how many fields to add at a time * @param array $addstring array of params for get_string for name of button, $a is no of fields that * will be added. */
Actually it seems that $addstring is more like this: get_string('key', 'module', '{no}') in which $a is put into by formslib somewhere. (Penny)
This method can be called from within definition(). Here is an example from within chat_mod_form in chat/mod_form.php. You can see this at work if you add a chat form or update a chat form in your course.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $repeatarray=array(); $repeatarray[] = &MoodleQuickForm::createElement('header', '', get_string('choice','choice').' {no}'); $repeatarray[] = &MoodleQuickForm::createElement('text', 'option', get_string('choice','choice')); $repeatarray[] = &MoodleQuickForm::createElement('text', 'limit', get_string('limit','choice')); $repeatarray[] = &MoodleQuickForm::createElement('hidden', 'optionid', 0); if ($this->_instance){ $repeatno=count_records('choice_options', 'choiceid', $this->_instance); $repeatno += 2; } else { $repeatno = 5; } $repeateloptions = array(); $repeateloptions['limit']['default'] = 0; $repeateloptions['limit']['disabledif'] = array('limitanswers', 'eq', 0); $mform->setType('limit', PARAM_INT); $repeateloptions['option']['helpbutton'] = array('options', get_string('modulenameplural', 'choice'), 'choice'); $mform->setType('option', PARAM_TEXT); $mform->setType('optionid', PARAM_INT); $this->repeat_elements($repeatarray, $repeatno, $repeateloptions, 'option_repeats', 'option_add_fields', 3);
Note: I have experienced some weirdness when creating the elements for repeating statically, especially for textarea and htmleditor. Try $mform->createElement instead if this happens (Penny)