When using sfDoctrineGuard plugin, it automatically generates
the backend administration functionality where I can edit users of
the system and assign them permissions.
So I visit http://.../backend_dev.php/sf_guard_user/:id/edit where I am presented with
the user's information including
the available permissions to select.
By default
the permissions are shown as a multiple select box, HTML follows:
<select name="sf_guard_user[permissions_list][]" multiple="multiple" id="sf_guard_user_permissions_list">
<option value="1">Permission1</option>
<option value="2">Permission2</option>
<option value="3">Permission3</option>
<option value="4">Permission4</option>
</select>
What I would prefer is a list of checkboxes. So I searched around and found that if I add
the option "expanded" set to true to
the following code:
'permissions_list' => new sfWidgetFormDoctrineChoice(array('multiple' => true, 'model' => 'sfGuardPermission', 'expanded' => true,)),
The code is part of this file: lib/form/doctrine/sfDoctrineGuardPlugin/base/BasesfGuardUserForm.class.php. I don't think I should've edited this file (potential for changes to be overwritten should sfDoctrineGuard ever be re-installed) but couldn't think of another way to make it work.
The generated HTML is as follows:
<ul class="checkbox_list">
<li><input name="sf_guard_user[permissions_list][]" type="checkbox" value="1" id="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_1" /> <label for="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_1">Permission1</label></li>
<li><input name="sf_guard_user[permissions_list][]" type="checkbox" value="2" id="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_2" /> <label for="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_2">Permission2</label></li>
<li><input name="sf_guard_user[permissions_list][]" type="checkbox" value="3" id="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_3" /> <label for="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_3">Permission3</label></li>
<li><input name="sf_guard_user[permissions_list][]" type="checkbox" value="4" id="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_4" /> <label for="sf_guard_user_permissions_list_4">Permission4</label></li>
</ul>
What I need to do now is split up
the permissions based on their prefix. For example if I had permissions named user_action1, user_action2, file_action1, file_action2, they would display like:
User
checkbox (custom label) Action One
checkbox Action Two
File
checkbox (custom label) Action One
checkbox Action Two
but have no idea where to start with this. It would be easy if there was a template to edit but since I'm dealing with
the Forms framework it is my understanding that
the templates are generated on
the fly - I can see them in my symonfy cache folder.
How would I go about this?
I started writing my own sfWidgetFormDoctrineChoicePermission class that extends
the same class as sfWidgetFormDoctrineChoice but am struggling to edit
the rendering functions correctly for
the desired output. Is this
the correct way to go about this work?
I also need to integrate my sfGuardUserProfile model into
the edit user page (same as above), I read somwhere that editing
the generator.yml file for
the sfGuardUser plugin module and simply adding
the field names from
the sfGuardUserProfile table would make it work, but sadly it doesn't.
Any help with any of my queries would be appreciated.
Thanks
