I'm pretty new to programming Moodle myself but there is a function (eg):
$this->add_action_buttons($cancel=true, $submitlabel="Save");
The optional parameters determine whether there is a cancel button and what text goes in the submit button.
You add that to the end of the form definition class and it does the work for you.
Hey,
Thanks for replying, I noticed that as well and I'm still getting the error, how are you creating the instance of the form? ie: $mform = new SomeForm();
Thanks,
Rob
Here's a form (mod_form.php):
require_once("$CFG->libdir/formslib.php");
/**
* Example form
*/
class mod_form extends moodleform{
/**
* Defines forms elements
*/
public function definition() {
$mform = $this->_form;
// Adding header (use get_string appropriately to your module)
$mform->addElement('header', 'general', 'lang string header');
// Adding standard text field
$mform->addElement('text', 'name', 'language string here', array('size'=>'64'));
// IMPORTANT: add validation and type rules as per documentation
$this->add_action_buttons();
}
}Here's a use case (from the dev docs - Form_API) in view.php:
$mform = new mod_form();
//Form processing and displaying is done here
if ($mform->is_cancelled()) {
//Handle form cancel operation, if cancel button is present on form
} else if ($fromform = $mform->get_data()) {
//In this case you process validated data. $mform->get_data() returns data posted in form.
} else {
// this branch is executed if the form is submitted but the data doesn't validate and the form should be redisplayed
// or on the first display of the form.
//displays the form
$mform->display();
}
I coded both these in Moodle's root and it displays a form. Of course you need to do quite a bit more standard Moodle coding (page, context, etc) to make it usable in your plugin but hopefully this shows there's nothing particularly complicated about creating and using a simple form.