zend framework forms and decorators

[ajlisowski]

Hey all, I have a quick question about decorators. I basically want to add a class to the decorator but it doesnt appear to be working:

 

        $input_dec=array(
                   'ViewHelper',
                   'Description',
                   'Errors',
                   array(array('data'=>'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'div'), array('class'=>'blue_box')
           );

 

The div appears but it does not have a class. How do I get it to have a class?

 

Also, my form in general seems a bit off due to decorators...

 

    public function init()
    {
        $input_dec=array(
                   'ViewHelper',
                   'Description',
                   'Errors',
                   array(array('data'=>'HtmlTag'), array('tag' => 'div'), array('class'=>'blue_box'), array('id', 'boom_bap')),
           );
        $texarea_dec=array(
                   'ViewHelper',
                   'Description',
                   'Errors',
           );
        ini_set('display_errors',1);error_reporting(E_ALL);
        $this->setName('rsvp_form');
        $name = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('guest_name');
        $name->setAttrib('class', 'rsvp_input click_clear')
            ->setValue('Name')
            ->setDecorators($input_dec);
        $guests = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('number_of_guests');
        $guests->setAttrib('class', 'rsvp_input click_clear')
            ->setValue('# of Guests (including you)')
            ->setDecorators($input_dec);
        $accept=new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('accept');
         $options  = array(
            'checkedValue' => '1',
            'uncheckedValue' => '0',
         ); 
        $accept->setOptions($options)
            ->setLabel('Delightfully Accepts')
            ->setAttrib('onclick', 'rsvp_form.attending();');
        $decline=new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('decline');
         $options  = array(
            'checkedValue' => '1',
            'uncheckedValue' => '0',
         );
        $decline->setOptions($options)
            ->setLabel('Regretfully Declines')
            ->setAttrib('onclick', 'rsvp_form.attending();');
        $message = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea('message');
        $message->setValue('Regardless of your attendence, feel free to wish us well! Amy will need it!')
                ->setDecorators($texarea_dec);
        $submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
        $submit->setAttrib('id', 'submitrsvp');
        $this->addElements(array($name,$guests,$accept,$decline,$message,$submit));
    }

 

Whats happening there is the textarea element is somehow being dispaly in the dd id="decline_element" in IE7. I have no idea why. It works fine in IE8 and FF.

 

When I view source, the html itself seems good, so I dont know why the text area is somehow within the DD

 

<form id="rsvp_form" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="" method="post"><dl class="zend_form">
<div>
<input type="text" name="guest_name" id="guest_name" value="Name" class="rsvp_input click_clear"></div>
<div>
<input type="text" name="number_of_guests" id="number_of_guests" value="# of Guests (including you)" class="rsvp_input click_clear"></div>
<dt id="accept-label"><label for="accept" class="optional">Delightfully Accepts</label></dt>
<dd id="accept-element">
<input type="hidden" name="accept" value="0"><input type="checkbox" name="accept" id="accept" value="1" onclick="rsvp_form.attending();"></dd>
<dt id="decline-label"><label for="decline" class="optional">Regretfully Declines</label></dt>
<dd id="decline-element">
<input type="hidden" name="decline" value="0"><input type="checkbox" name="decline" id="decline" value="1" onclick="rsvp_form.attending();"></dd>
<div>
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="24" cols="80">Regardless of your attendence, feel free to wish us well! Amy will need it!</textarea></div>
<dt id="submit-label"> </dt><dd id="submit-element">
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submitrsvp" value="Add"></dd></dl></form>    

 

Any ideas as to what is causing it?

 

Amy loves Tony in IE 7

 

Also, how would I go about getting forms into my header? In my layout.phtml I have a header and footer and content sections. I want to be able to draw a form in the header.

 

How would I go about doing this? How does zend framework tackle such a basic issue? Im using this project to learn the concepts behind MVC and zend framework, so sorry if I suck.

 

Would I create a header and footer controller, and then include them somehow by the layout.phtml file?