form ViewHelper <f:form>

Form ViewHelper. Generates a <form> Tag. Tailored for extbase plugins, uses extbase Request.

Basic usage

Use <f:form> to output an HTML <form> tag which is targeted at the specified action, in the current controller and package. It will submit the form data via a POST request. If you want to change this, use method="get" as an argument.

Examples

A complex form with a specified encoding type

Form with enctype set:

<f:form action=".." controller="..." package="..." enctype="multipart/form-data">...</f:form>
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A Form which should render a domain object

Binding a domain object to a form:

<f:form action="..." name="customer" object="{customer}">
   <f:form.hidden property="id" />
   <f:form.textarea property="name" />
</f:form>
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This automatically inserts the value of {customer.name} inside the textarea and adjusts the name of the textarea accordingly.

Arguments

additionalAttributes

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Additional tag attributes. They will be added directly to the resulting HTML tag.

data

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Additional data-* attributes. They will each be added with a "data-" prefix.

aria

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Additional aria-* attributes. They will each be added with a "aria-" prefix.

action

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Target action

arguments

DataType
mixed
Default
array ()
Required
false
Description
Arguments

controller

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Target controller

extensionName

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Target Extension Name (without tx_ prefix and no underscores). If NULL the current extension name is used

pluginName

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Target plugin. If empty, the current plugin name is used

pageUid

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Target page uid

object

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Object to use for the form. Use in conjunction with the "property" attribute on the sub tags

pageType

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Target page type

noCache

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Set this to disable caching for the target page. You should not need this.

section

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
The anchor to be added to the action URI (only active if $actionUri is not set)

format

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
The requested format (e.g. ".html") of the target page (only active if $actionUri is not set)

additionalParams

DataType
mixed
Default
array ()
Required
false
Description
Additional action URI query parameters that won't be prefixed like $arguments (overrule $arguments) (only active if $actionUri is not set)

absolute

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
If set, an absolute action URI is rendered (only active if $actionUri is not set)

addQueryString

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
If set, the current query parameters will be kept in the URL. If set to "untrusted", then ALL query parameters will be added. Be aware, that this might lead to problems when the generated link is cached.

argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString

DataType
mixed
Default
array ()
Required
false
Description
Arguments to be removed from the action URI. Only active if $addQueryString = TRUE and $actionUri is not set

fieldNamePrefix

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Prefix that will be added to all field names within this form. If not set the prefix will be tx_yourExtension_plugin

actionUri

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Can be used to overwrite the "action" attribute of the form tag

objectName

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Name of the object that is bound to this form. If this argument is not specified, the name attribute of this form is used to determine the FormObjectName

hiddenFieldClassName

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
HiddenFieldClassName

requestToken

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Whether to add that request token to the form

signingType

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Which signing type to be used on the request token (falls back to "nonce")

enctype

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
MIME type with which the form is submitted

method

DataType
string
Default
'post'
Required
false
Description
Transfer type (get or post)

name

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Name of form

onreset

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
JavaScript: On reset of the form

onsubmit

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
JavaScript: On submit of the form

target

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Target attribute of the form

novalidate

DataType
mixed
Required
false
Description
Indicate that the form is not to be validated on submit.

class

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
CSS class(es) for this element

dir

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Text direction for this HTML element. Allowed strings: "ltr" (left to right), "rtl" (right to left)

id

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Unique (in this file) identifier for this HTML element.

lang

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Language for this element. Use short names specified in RFC 1766

style

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Individual CSS styles for this element

title

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Tooltip text of element

accesskey

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Keyboard shortcut to access this element

tabindex

DataType
integer
Required
false
Description
Specifies the tab order of this element

onclick

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
JavaScript evaluated for the onclick event