Hi
Again, I am really sorry for not being able to write tutorial for this yet. Here are the short instruction for creating a custom layout. Below are the necessary steps :
1. Get the file default.php from components/com_pmform/views/form/tmpl/default.php, rename it to the name you want, for example, mynewlayout.php
2. Remove the code to render the fields :
Code:
foreach ($this->fields as $field) {
switch ($field->field_type) {
case FIELD_TYPE_HEADING :
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="heading"><?php echo $field->title ; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
break ;
case FIELD_TYPE_MESSAGE :
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="message">
<?php echo $field->description ; ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php
break ;
default:
?>
<tr>
<td class="title_cell key">
<?php echo $field->title ; ?>
<?php
if ($field->required) {
echo '<span class="required">*</span>' ;
}
if (strlen(trim($field->description))) {
?>
<p class="field_description"><?php echo $field->description ; ?></p>
<?php
}
?>
</td>
<td class="field_cell">
<?php echo $field->output ; ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
3. Add necessary HTML , PHP code to render the form in the new layout you want. Two important note about rending a field :
- To render title of field, you can use the code below :
Code:
<?php echo JText::_('This is field title'); ?>
- To render output of the field :
Code:
<?php echo $this->fieldsOutput['name_of_field']?>
For example, to render field first name, we can use :
Code:
<tr>
<td>
<?php echo JText::_('First Name'); ?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo $this->fieldsOutput['first_name'] ; ?>
</td>
</tr>
To render field last name, we can use code :
Code:
<tr>
<td>
<?php echo JText::_('Last Name'); ?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo $this->fieldsOutput['last_name'] ; ?>
</td>
</tr>
Hope this give you some idea ! If you have other questions, please let me know !
Tuan
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