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Form Helper【CakePHP】

#cakephp

Introduction

Please watch over gently🙇‍♀️
I will write about cakePHP "Form Helper"!
List of things you will often see.

Overall picture 

<?= $this->Form->create(null, ['url' => ['controller' => 'Advices', 'action' => 'index']]); ?>
<?= $this->Form->control('title', ['type' => 'text']); ?>
<?= $this->Form->hidden( 'user_id', ['value'=>$userID]); ?>
<?= $this->Form->button(__('tap')) ?>
<?= $this->Form->end() ?>
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Create

Cake\View\Helper\FormHelper::create(mixed $context = null, array $options = [])

Basic 

$this->Form->create(null);
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change action 

$this->Form->create(null, ['url' => ['action' => 'publish']]);
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change controller & action 

$this->Form->create(null, [
    'url' => [
        'controller' => 'Articles',
        'action' => 'publish'
    ]
]);
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External 

$this->Form->create(null, [
    'url' => 'http://www.google.com/search'
]);
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Control

Cake\View\Helper\FormHelper::control(string $fieldName, array $options = [])

Basic 

$this->Form->control('title', ['type' => 'text']);
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$this->Form->control('title', ['type' => 'checkbox']);
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$this->Form->textarea('advice', ['rows' => '3']);
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Hide 

$this->Form->hidden( 'article_id', ['value'=>'1' ]);
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?$this->Form->hidden('id');

Remove required 

$this->Form->control('title', ['required' => false]);
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button 

$this->Form->button('Add');
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end 

$this->Form->end();
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reference

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