Re: [fw-mvc] how to pass params to a Zend_Form construction

2009/3/7 Van H Tran <tvhoang1980@yahoo.com>:
>
> I agree with Giorgio, breaking the interface is not good. Perhaps Zend_Form
> should change its interface then Matthew?
>
> --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Giorgio Sironi <piccoloprincipeazzurro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Giorgio Sironi <piccoloprincipeazzurro@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [fw-mvc] how to pass params to a Zend_Form construction
> To: "Sebastien Crocquesel" <cortex93@gmail.com>
> Cc: tvhoang1980@yahoo.com, fw-mvc@lists.zend.com
> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 12:41 AM
>
> 2009/3/6 Sebastien Crocquesel <cortex93@gmail.com>
>>
>> What I have done is simple. I just override the default constructor with
>> mine. In it, i call the parent one.
>> public __construct($myparam, $options)
>> {
>>   parent:__construct($options);
>>   // do someting with $myparam (database request to fill a
>> Zend_Form_Select element for example).
>>   // this is code that i would have put in the controller when building
>> the form if do not refactor in a Zend_Form subclass
>> }
>
> I also like the idea to inject by constructor, but I'm not sure if this will
> be a violation of LSP because the signature of __construct is different (but
> striclty compatible) than the parent one.
>
> --
> Giorgio Sironi
> Piccolo Principe & Ossigeno Scripter
> http://ossigeno.sourceforge.net
>

Don't override the constructor, do it with init() instead. Take a look
at the docs: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.form.forms.html#zend.form.forms.custom

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Martin Martinov
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