How to remove specific entities from a checkbox type in symfony?

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by darion , in category: PHP Frameworks , a year ago

How to remove specific entities from a checkbox type in symfony?

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by shyann , a year ago

@darion 

To remove specific entities from a checkbox type in Symfony, you can follow these steps:

  1. Retrieve the entities that you want to remove from the checkbox type.
  2. Modify the form builder code to exclude those entities from the choice list.


Assuming you have a form builder in your controller action method, here's an example of how you can remove specific entities from a checkbox type:

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use SymfonyComponentFormExtensionCoreTypeCheckboxType;

// ...

public function editAction(Request $request, $id)
{
    // Get the entity or entities that you want to remove from the checkbox type
    $entitiesToRemove = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository(YourEntity::class)->findEntitiesToRemove();

    // Build the form
    $form = $this->createFormBuilder($yourEntity)
        ->add('checkboxField', CheckboxType::class, [
            'choices' => $this->getChoices($entitiesToRemove),
            'multiple' => true,
            'expanded' => true,
        ])
        // Add other form fields if needed
        ->getForm();

    // Handle the form submission and further processing
    // ...

    return $this->render('your_template.html.twig', [
        'form' => $form->createView(),
        // Pass other variables to the template if required
    ]);
}

private function getChoices(array $excludedEntities)
{
    $choices = [];
    // Retrieve the choices based on your entity or entities
    // Exclude the entities specified in $excludedEntities
    // Populate the $choices array with the remaining entities

    return $choices;
}


In the getChoices method, you will retrieve the entities that you want to include in the checkbox type, excluding the entities specified in the $excludedEntities array. You can then pass this array of choices to the checkbox type in the form builder.


Note: The above example assumes that you have a getChoices method that retrieves the entities and excludes the specified ones. You need to replace YourEntity::class with the actual class for your entity and update the getChoices method according to your needs.

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