- Add a Decorator Class : /library/Form/Decorator/SimpleTable.php

[lang=php]
<?php

class Form_Decorator_SimpleTable extends Zend_Form_Decorator_Abstract
{
	public function render ($content)
	{
		$element = $this->getElement();
		$view	= $element->getView();
		if (null === $view) {
			return $content;
		}

		$columns = $this->getOption('columns');
		$class = $this->getOption('class');
		$id = $this->getOption('id');

		$columns_html = '';
		foreach ($columns as $current_column_name) {
			$columns_html .= '<th>'.$current_column_name.'</th>';
		}

		$result = '
			<table class="'.$class.'" id="'.$id.'">
				<thead>
					<tr>
						'.$columns_html.'
					</tr>
				</thead>
				<tbody>
					'.$content.'
				</tbody>
			</table>
		';

		return $result;
	}
}

Add that line before the line 19 :

$form->addPrefixPath(‘Form_Decorator’, ‘Form/Decorator/’, ‘Decorator’);

And replace the line 19 by :

$form->setDecorators(array(
				'FormElements',
				array(	'SimpleTable',
						array('columns' => array(
							'', 'title', 'firstname', 'lastname'))), // '' do not display the id column name
				'Form'));

array(‘HtmlTag’, array(‘tag’ => ‘td’)),

it would put a th tag if the row == 0.

I haven’t tested this approach, and there are likely intricacies to implementing it that would need to be be ironed out, but I hope that helps.

I have just one question, already asked by Jeff :

Jeff :
I am trying to setup an entry page for addresses and assets. I would like the labels to be in the tablehead and the entry fields to be rows of the table.

Is there a simple way to show the labels on the header of the table ?

Thank you.

Niusha

http://www.yu.id.au/2008/12/customisable-zend-form/