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Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

I am trying to make a form at work, and I am kind of stuck. I am using HTML Quickforms, and also using the tableless renderer.

I wanted to know if there is a way to have multiple form elements in one line
i e, is there a way, I can have City, State, Zip, Country all in one particular line?

Any help will be highly appreciated

My current code is

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"
charset="UTF-7">
<title>Getting Name and Phone Number</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
#File used for connecting to the Mysql database
include("dbconnect.php");

#/home/virald/public_html/pear/PEAR
ini_set('include_path', "/home/virald/public_html/pear/PEAR:/usr/share/pear");
require_once "HTML/QuickForm.php";
#Using the tableless renderer
require_once "HTML/QuickForm/Renderer/Tableless.php";
require_once "HTML/QuickForm/Controller.php";
$form = new HTML_QuickForm('firsttest', 'post');
$renderer = new HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless('firsttest');

# Add all the necessary elements into the form
# Add rules for validation and required fields
$form->addelement ('header', 'header', 'Please Enter the information asked for in the form!');
$form->addelement ('header', 'header', 'Section I: Personal Information');
$form->addelement ('text','First_Name', 'First Name');
$form->addrule ('First_Name','Please enter your first name','required');
$form->addelement ('text','Middle_Name', 'Middle Name');
$form->addelement ('text','Last_Name', 'Last Name');
$form->addrule ('Last_Name','Please enter your last name','required');
$form->addelement ('text','Birth_Date', 'Birth Date(mm/dd/yyyy)');
$form->addrule ('Birth_Date','Please Enter your Date of Birth','required');
$Gender = array(' ','Male','Female');
$form->addelement ('select','Gender', 'Gender: ', $Gender);
$form->addrule ('Gender','Please State your Gender','required');
$form->addelement ('text','SSN','Social Security Number');
$form->addrule ('SSN','Please enter your Social Security Number(xxxxxxxxx)','required');
$form->addrule ('SSN','Please enter your Social Security Number(xxxxxxxxx)','numeric');
$form->addelement ('text','Stree_Address','Street Address');
$form->addelement ('text','City','City');
$form->addelement ('text','State','State');
$form->addelement ('text','Zip_Code','Zip Code');
$form->addelement ('text','Country','Country');
$form->addelement ('text','Home_Phone_Number', 'Home Phone Number');
$form->addrule ('Home_Phone_Number','Please enter a valid phone number (Ex. 1234567890)','numeric');
$form->addelement ('text','Cell_Phone_Number', 'Cell Phone Number');
$form->addrule ('Cell_Phone_Number','Please enter a valid phone number (Ex. 1234567890)','numeric');
$form->addelement ('text','Email','Email');
$form->addRule('Email','Please enter a valid email address (Ex. example@exam.com)', 'email');
$form->addRule('Email','Please enter a valid email address (Ex. example@exam.com)', 'required');
$US_Citizenship = array(' ','YES','NO');
$form->addelement ('select','US_Citizenship','US Citizenship: ',$US_Citizenship);
$form->addrule('US_Citizenship','Please State your Citizenship status','required');

$form->addelement ('header', 'header', 'Section II: College Information');

$form->addelement ('submit', 'btnsubmit', 'Submit Entry');
# Trim all the unneccessary spaces on either side of the words
$form->applyfilter ('_ALL_','trim');
$form->removeattribute('name');
if ($form->validate())

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

I have tried grouping multiple elements, but they dont let me add things in front of it, to label those elements.
therefore, I am stuck with this code
any help would be great,
this code has few more lines, all they do is validate the code and display it, not the most important part of the form

thanks a lot

~Viral

mark · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1011

The $separator parameter of addGroup can help you to insert text between elements:
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.html.html-quickform.html-quickform.addgroup.php

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

mark · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1011

An example with several usages of groups can be found here:
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/HTML_QuickForm/docs/groups.php?revision=1.2&view=markup

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

mark · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1011

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

Hey everyone
Now, i have a new problem, I need to set the width of the Element I make in form.
I know there is a way to do it, i think, but there is no way I can figure out to do it.
Any help will be appreciated
all i need to do is control the width of each element in the form

thanks a lot

~Viral
P S thanks mark for your earlier help

mark · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1011

You're looking for the $attributes parameter that each element has. Simply pass an array like

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

hey, thanks mark
That is what I was looking for

thanks again

but where do I put it in the Form->addelement command?

Sorry for having soooooo many small silly questions

mark · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1011

Viral · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

thanks mark for all your help

I have finally made the form

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