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You can generate forms from object oriented form building with PHP code. v1.2.1(10y ago)261MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Mar 31Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ValkSystems/bootbuilder)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/valksystems/bootbuilder)[ RSS](/packages/valksystems-bootbuilder/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (1)Versions (6)Used By (0) [![Build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3a5a05d7167d8fdf2eeb1ac995b6045abedb5523276015c9f538b7d03c7d4701/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f56616c6b53797374656d732f626f6f746275696c6465722e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/ValkSystems/bootbuilder) [![Codacy Badge](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b592ce33613be001a007a2de062db67313e69185ff0d28df55e41070975128d6/68747470733a2f2f7777772e636f646163792e636f6d2f70726f6a6563742f62616467652f3465386537313132613064623435666539383836366632326438326431303636)](https://www.codacy.com/app/tomvalk/bootbuilder) BootBuilder =========== [](#bootbuilder) Bootstrap Form Building made easy in PHP. Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package with Composer, check out composer on Add the following to the required in the composer.json: ``` "valksystems/bootbuilder": ">=1.0.0" ``` Or execute the following composer command: ``` composer require 'valksystems/bootbuilder:1*' ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Checkout the demo folder for demo's with the controls and different styles of forms ### Forms [](#forms) First of all, you have to create a Form object. There are 2 options right now. Just a normal form and a horizontal form (look at bootstrap page for more information). To create a form use: ``` $form = BootBuilder::open(); // Horizontal Form $horizontal = BootBuilder::openHorizontal(); ``` On the form object you can set the properties of a normal form with the following methods: ``` setAction($action) // Set the action attribute setClass($class) // set class (this will replace current class) setId($id) // set the id of the form setMethod($method) // set the method, either get or post ``` To add controls or panes to the form, use: ``` $form->add($control); // Or when adding multiple controls/panes at the same time: $form->addAll($pane1, $control, $submit); ``` ##### HorizontalForm [](#horizontalform) On a horizontal form you can set 2 more parameters for the grid layout. To set the layout parameters, use the following methods: ``` $horizontal->setLabelCol($label_col) // for example col-md-3 $horizontal->setControlCol($control_col) // for example col-md-9 ``` #### Rendering [](#rendering) To render the form you simply call `render()`. You can also get the rendered HTML back with `render(true)`. ### Controls [](#controls) You can use the following controls, in fully bootstrap styles: - Button - Submit (Button) - Checkbox - Radio - Text (input type=text) - Number (input type=number) - Email (input type=email) - TextArea - Hidden (input type=hidden) - Password (input type=password) - Select ##### Default operations on controls [](#default-operations-on-controls) To create a new control. Construct the class for the control with: ``` use \bootbuilder\Controls\Text; $text = new Text("name"); // Or you can directly give it a label, ID and value with the optional constructor parameters $text = new Text("name", "Please enter your name", "name_id", "Current Name"); ``` On all the controls you can set the name, id, class(es), value, placeholder, label text, required (y/n), disabled (y/n), readonly (y/n), errorstate (y/n) and helptext with simple methods: ``` setId($id) // set the id of the control tag (//etc) setClass($class), addClass($class), removeClass($class) // Edit the current class(es) setValue($value) // set the value of the control. (not filtered!!) setPlaceholder($placeholder) // set the placeholder setLabel($labeltext) // set the label text, for using when rendering in a supported form setRequired($required) // set if the control is required (note, browser can be manipulated) setDisabled($disabled) // set disabled state setReadOnly($readonle) // set readonly state setErrorState($errorstate) // set if the control is in error state setHelpText($helptext) // set helptext for under the control ``` After creating you can either add it to a pane or to the form directly. ##### Text [](#text) You can enter a custom type of input now, with the method `setType($type)` ##### TextArea [](#textarea) On a TextArea object you can set the optional rows parameter with the method `setRows($rows)` ##### Select [](#select) To set the data in the select control (the options), use the following method: ``` $options = array("key_value" => "Key Value"); setOptions($options); ``` The $options need to have an array with: \[value\] = "Readable text". ### Panes [](#panes) You can combine controls with panes, it's like an group with elements, but specific with the style it has. Currently there are 2 panes, StackPane and InlinePane To create a pane and add controls to it use: ``` $pane = new StackPane("Label Here"); $pane->addControl($control); $form->add($pane); ``` ##### StackPane [](#stackpane) StackPane will combine elements, each on a new row. Just adding it below it. ##### InlinePane [](#inlinepane) InlinePane will make the supported controls (checkbox and radio) display with an in-line style. See for more information. License ------- [](#license) This project is under MIT License, see LICENSE file. Resposibility ------------- [](#resposibility) We are not resposible for any security problems, always check code before you are going to use it! ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 54% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~38 days Total 4 Last Release 3951d ago PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0 v1.2.0PHP >=5.4.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f8267405202c16fe0fb34ac0f3353a78750945551e5a9199460de21f66c0b100?d=identicon)[tomvlk](/maintainers/tomvlk) --- Top Contributors [![tomvlk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3877688?v=4)](https://github.com/tomvlk "tomvlk (65 commits)") --- Tags builderbootstrapform ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/valksystems-bootbuilder/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/valksystems-bootbuilder/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/valksystems-bootbuilder) ``` ### Alternatives [snapappointments/bootstrap-select The jQuery plugin that brings select elements into the 21st century with intuitive multiselection, searching, and much more. 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