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Better explain that form types should be unique in the application #5076

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Better explain that form types should be unique in the application
javiereguiluz Mar 11, 2015
d47e751
Fixed syntax issues and provided more information
javiereguiluz Mar 12, 2015
52a5551
Recommend a better way to standardize application form types
javiereguiluz Mar 19, 2015
0eb149b
Recommend app_ instead of app. as form type prefix
javiereguiluz Mar 19, 2015
7a78532
Fixed a minor grammar issue
javiereguiluz Mar 19, 2015
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13 changes: 10 additions & 3 deletions book/forms.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1057,9 +1057,16 @@ that will house the logic for building the task form::
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This new class contains all the directions needed to create the task form
(note that the ``getName()`` method should return a unique identifier for this
form "type"). It can be used to quickly build a form object in the controller::
.. caution::

The ``getName()`` method returns the identifier of this form "type". These
identifiers must be unique in the application. Unless you want to override
a built-in type, they should be different from the default Symfony types
and from any type defined by a third-party bundle installed in you application.
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Consider prefixing your types with ``app.`` to avoid identifier collisions.
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Sorry, Javier, we also need to switch back to app_ here as @stof explained in #5077.

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You are right. It's done in 0eb149b. Thanks.


This new class contains all the directions needed to create the task form. It can
be used to quickly build a form object in the controller::

// src/AppBundle/Controller/DefaultController.php

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