DoctrineTranslatableFormBundle

The goal of this Symfony Bundle is simplify the creation of translatable forms using Gedmo Doctrine Extensions and StofDoctrineExtensionsBundle.

Installation

Step 1: Download the Bundle

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

$ composer require simettric/doctrine-translatable-form-bundle 

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

Step 2: Enable the Bundle

Then, enable the bundle by adding it to the list of registered bundles in the app/AppKernel.php file of your project:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

// ...
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
            // ...
            new Stof\DoctrineExtensionsBundle\StofDoctrineExtensionsBundle(),
            new Simettric\DoctrineTranslatableFormBundle\SimettricDoctrineTranslatableFormBundle(),
        );

        // ...
    }

    // ...
}

Configuration

You must to activate the persist_default_translation key in your stof_doctrine_extensions configuration options

#app/config/config.yml
stof_doctrine_extensions:
    default_locale: %locale%
    translation_fallback: true
    persist_default_translation: true
    orm:
        default:
            translatable: true

Configure the view

This bundle implements the Bootstrap 4 Tabs component in order to show the different locale inputs for each field.

If you want to use it, just add the template in the form_themes section in your Twig configuration. Obviously, the bootstrap assets must be loaded in your layout.

# app/config/config.yml
twig:
    ...
    paths:
        '%kernel.root_dir%/../vendor/silentgecko/doctrine-translatable-form-bundle/Resources/views/Form/': 'DoctrineTranslatableForm'
    form_themes: ['bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig', '@DoctrineTranslatableForm/fields.html.twig']

Creating your forms

This is a simple example showing how you can code your translatable forms

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Form;


use Simettric\DoctrineTranslatableFormBundle\Form\AbstractTranslatableType;
use Simettric\DoctrineTranslatableFormBundle\Form\TranslatableTextType;

class CategoryType extends AbstractTranslatableType
{
    /**
     * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
     * @param array $options
     */
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {

        // you can add the translatable fields
        $this->createTranslatableMapper($builder, $options)
             ->add("name", TranslatableTextType::class)
             ->add("description", TranslatableTextareaType::class)
        ;

        // and then you can add the rest of the fields using the standard way
        $builder->add('enabled')
        ;

    }
    
    /**
     * @param OptionsResolver $resolver
     */
    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
    {

        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
            'data_class'   => 'AppBundle\Entity\Category'
        ));

        // this is required
        $this->configureTranslationOptions($resolver);

    }
}

Then you need to declare your form type as a service

#app/config/services.yml

parameters:
    locale: es
    locales: [es, eu, en, fr]

services:
    app.form.category_type:
        class: AppBundle\Form\CategoryType
        arguments: ["@sim_trans_form.mapper"]
        calls:
            - [ setRequiredLocale, [%locale%] ]
            - [ setLocales, [%locales%] ]
        tags:
            - { name: form.type }

And now you can work in your controller as if you worked with normal entities

$category = new Category();

$form = $this->createForm(CategoryType::class, $category);

if($request->getMethod() == "POST"){

    $form->handleRequest($request);
    
    if($form->isValid()){
    
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        
        $em->persist($category);
        $em->flush();
    
    }
}

You can set your own Repository defining a new custom mapping service. This is useful for instance when you have a Personal Translation mapping configuration using a specific translation repository

services:
    app.my_custom_mapper:
        class:     Simettric\DoctrineTranslatableFormBundle\Form\DataMapper
        arguments: ["@doctrine.orm.entity_manager", "AppBundle\Repository\PostTranslationRepository"]
        
    app.form.post_type:
        class: AppBundle\Form\PostType
        arguments: ["@app.my_custom_mapper"]
        calls:
            - [ setRequiredLocale, [%locale%] ]
            - [ setLocales, [%locales%] ]
        tags:
            - { name: form.type }

If you have configured the Bootstrap Tabs theme in your Twig configuration, you can show your fields with the Boo in the templates with the form_row tag

<div class="form-group">
    {{ form_row(form.name, {label: "name"|trans}) }}
</div>

<div class="form-group">
    {{ form_row(form.description, {label: "description"|trans}) }}
</div>