PEAR: DB_DataObject_FormBuilder w/ Templates?

[shazam]

Hello,

I have been playing around with the PEAR HTML_QuickForm & DB_DataObject_FormBuilder packages.

While I figured out how to extend the QuickForm Default renderer to meet my needs, I am having trouble figuring out how to do the same with FormBuilder.

Here is an example of working code w/ QuickForm (hacked together from many examples on the web):

[code]
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/style.css">

<?php

require_once "HTML/QuickForm.php";
require_once "HTML/QuickForm/Renderer/Default.php";

class CSSRender extends HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Default {

var $_headerTemplate = "<tr class=form>
                          <th class=form colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\">
  {header}
  </th>
</tr>";

var $_elementTemplate = "<tr class=\"form\">
                          <td class=\"form\" id=\"label\">
    {label}
    <!-- BEGIN required -->
      <span class=\"required\">*</span>
    <!-- END required -->
  </td>
  <td class=\"form\">
    <!-- BEGIN error -->
  <span class=\"error\">{error}</span><br />
<!-- END error -->
  {element}
</td>
  </tr>";

var $_formTemplate = "<form class=\"form\" {attributes}>
                        {hidden}
<table class=\"form\">
  {content}
</table>
  </form>";

var $_requiredNoteTemplate = "<tr>
                                <td class=\"form\"></td>
<td class=\"form\">{requiredNote}</td>
  </tr>";

}

$form = new HTML_QuickForm('simple_test', 'get');
$renderer = new CSSRender();
$form->addElement('header', 'head', 'Contact Information','class=form');
$form->addElement('text', 'name', 'Name','class=form');
$form->addElement('text', 'phone', 'Phone','class=form');
$buttons[] = &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('reset', 'btnClear', 'Clear');
$buttons[] = &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('submit', 'btnSubmit', 'Submit');
$form->addGroup($buttons, null, null, '&nbsp;');

$form->addRule('name', 'Name required', 'required', '', 'client');
$form->addRule('phone', 'Phone number required', 'required', '', 'client');

if ($form->validate()) {
  # If the form validates then freeze the data
  $form->freeze();
}

$form->accept($renderer);
echo $renderer->toHtml();

?>
[/code]

Essentially, I can use the same Renderer w/ FormBuilder, but I cannot figure out how to convert the following QuickForm code to FormBuilder (the key being the 'class=form' option for addElement):

[code]
$form->addElement('header', 'head', 'Contact Information','class=form');
$form->addElement('text', 'name', 'Name','class=form');
$form->addElement('text', 'phone', 'Phone','class=form');
[/code]

FormBuilder, of course, auto-generates the form elements from database tables.  I suppose I need to find a way to modify how FB creates the elements...

Any ideas or examples on how to do this?

Thanks!

- B