Setting default value on a Symfony2 radio button choice field

Question

I have the following Symfony2 form:

public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
{   
    $builder
        ->add('submitter_is_home', 'choice', array(
            'expanded' => true,
            'choices' => array('1' => 'Home', '' => 'Away'),
            'data' => '1',
        ))  
    ;   
}

(I omitted my other fields for clarity.)

When I visit this form in the browser, the "Home" option is not selected. I checked the source, too, and it doesn't look like the proper attribute is set there, either.

Does the default value work differently for radio buttons than for other types of choice fields? What could be going on here?

Hugo Dozois · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-25 16:41:32Z

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If you want an option to be selected the empty_value will not work.

The simply solution is to set a value to your object before adding the form (like $myentity->setRadiobutton(1)). Symfony will understand and add it as a selected value (works with choice type so might be the same with radio!)

edited Jan 25, 2013 at 16:41

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answered Mar 29, 2012 at 16:01

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4 Comments

marden Over a year ago

It won't help with a form element set as 'property_path' => false.

altore Over a year ago

and when you have form without entity ?

Snroki Over a year ago

give an array to the form type instead of an object with as key the key in your form type and as value 1 or true (probably, didn't test it). Should do the trick

ZeeCoder Over a year ago

In my case, i used a 'choise' type field called 'type', without entity. Solution: $form->get('type')->setData('default_val');

Badou · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28 11:37:37Z

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in your controller newAction(), befor $form = $this->createCreateForm($entity); add the default value like this $entity->setSubmitter_is_home(1);

answered Jul 28, 2015 at 11:37

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