KeyValueFormBundle

A form type for managing key-value pairs.

Installation

$ composer require burgov/key-value-form-bundle:@stable

Then add the bundle to your application:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new Burgov\Bundle\KeyValueFormBundle\BurgovKeyValueFormBundle(),
        // ...
    );
}

Usage

To add to your form, use the KeyValueType type:

use Burgov\Bundle\KeyValueFormBundle\Form\Type\KeyValueType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;

$builder->add('parameters', KeyValueType::class, array('value_type' => TextType::class));

// or

$formFactory->create(KeyValueType::class, $data, array('value_type' => TextType::class));

The type extends the collection type, so for rendering it in the browser, the same logic is used. See the Symfony docs on collection types for an example on how to render it client side.

The type adds four options to the collection type options, of which one is required:

• value_type (required) defines which form type to use to render the value field
• value_options optional options to the child defined in value_type
• key_type defines which form type to use to render the key field (default is a text field)
• key_options optional options to the child defined in key_type
• allowed_keys if this option is provided, the key field (which is usually a simple text field) will change to a choice field, and allow only those values you supplied in the this option.
• use_container_object see explanation below at 'The KeyValueCollection'

Besides that, this type overrides some defaults of the collection type and it's recommended you don't change them: type is set to BurgovKeyValueRow::class and allow_add and allow_delete are always true.

Working with SonataAdminBundle

In order to render your form with add/remove buttons, you need to extend the template SonataAdminBundle:Form:form_admin_fields.html.twig and add this little piece of code

{% block burgov_key_value_widget %}
    {{- block('sonata_type_native_collection_widget') -}}
{% endblock %}

The KeyValueCollection

To work with collections and the Symfony2 form layer, you can provide an adder and a remover method. This however only works if the adder method expects one argument only. This bundle provides composed key-value pairs.

Your model class typically will provide a method like:

class Model
{
    public function addOption($key, $value)
    {
        $this->options[$key] = $value;
    }
}

This will lead to the add method not being found by the form layer. To work around this problem, the bundle provides the KeyValueCollection object. To use it, you need to set the use_container_object option on the form type to true. A form definition could look like this:

/** @var $builder Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface */
$builder->add('options', 'burgov_key_value', array(
    'required' => false,
    'value_type' => TextType::class,
    'use_container_object' => true,
));

Your model class then needs to provide a setOptions method that accepts a Burgov\Bundle\KeyValueFormBundle\KeyValueContainer argument. A flexible implementation might look like this:

class Model
{
    /**
     * Set the options.
     *
     * @param array|KeyValueContainer|\Traversable $data Something that can be converted to an array.
     */
    public function setOptions($options)
    {
        $this->options = $this->convertToArray($options);
    }

    /**
     * Extract an array out of $data or throw an exception if not possible.
     *
     * @param array|KeyValueContainer|\Traversable $data Something that can be converted to an array.
     *
     * @return array Native array representation of $data
     *
     * @throws InvalidArgumentException If $data can not be converted to an array.
     */
    private function convertToArray($data)
    {
        if (is_array($data)) {
            return $data;
        }

        if ($data instanceof KeyValueContainer) {
            return $data->toArray();
        }

        if ($data instanceof \Traversable) {
            return iterator_to_array($data);
        }

        throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Expected array, Traversable or KeyValueContainer, got "%s"', is_object($data) ? getclass($data) : get_type($data)));
    }
}