Symfony - set form value on save

Question

A quick question. I have a symfony form. When I save the form, I want my created_by field to be set automatically on save.

So, I'm passing the current user id as an option in the form:

$this->form = new ContractForm(null,array("created_by"=>$this->getUser()->getId()));

And in the configure method of the form class I have:

$this->setDefault('created_by', $this->getOption("created_by"));

If I had a created_by widget and set it to hidden, this would work great, however, I don't want to have a field displayed as a user could easily manipulate using firebug or other tools alike.

So my question to you, how do I save a column value if the field does not exist as a widget?

Answer 1

You dont need to have a widget for this, just in the configure method of your form call.

<?php
$this->getObject()->setCreatedBy($this->getOption('created_by'));
?>

There really is no need to overwrite a method.

Also for this to work youd have to initiate your form like this

<?php
$this->form = new ContractForm(new Contract(), array('created_by' => $this->getUser()->getId()));`
?>

Answer 2

Or in your ContractForm class you can add to configure()

$this->widgetSchema['created_by'] = new sfWidgetFormInputText(array('default' => $this->getUser()->getId()));

Answer 3

I suggest you can use this behaviour on your class sfDoctrineActAsSignablePlugin.