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OroEmbeddedFormBundle¶

OroEmbeddedFormBundle enables the application users to create integrated forms using UI, embed them into third-party sites with inline or iframe codes, and collect the submitted information in the Oro application database.

This bundle has the following configuration options:

oro_embedded_form:
    # The name of the hidden field that should be used to pass the session id to third party site.
    # This allows to use the embedded form even if a web browser blocks third-party cookies.
    session_id_field_name: _embedded_form_sid
    # The number of seconds the CSRF token should live for.
    csrf_token_lifetime: 3600
    # The service id that is used to cache CSRF tokens.
    # If not specified the Oro\Bundle\SecurityBundle\Cache\WsseNoncePhpFileCache
    # will be used that stores data in %kernel.cache_dir%/security/embedded_form
    csrf_token_cache_service_id: ~

A custom CSRF token cache is used only if a web browser blocks third-party cookies. For other cases, the default Symfony behavior is used (CSRF tokens are stored in the PHP session).

UI¶

The menu item that leads to the list of embedded forms is under the System menu. Standard UI components like grids, filters, sorters, forms are used to list, view, and update pages. The view page is combined with the Form Preview and Get code sections.

Adding a New FormType¶

FormTypes used in embedded forms are registered as services and tagged with the oro_embedded_form tag.

Example:

services:
    Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Form\Type\SomeFormType:
        tags:
            - { name: oro_embedded_form, label: 'Embedded Form Type Label Here', type: Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Form\Type\SomeFormType }

The label option is a translatable text used in the select box when creating/updating an embedded form. If omitted, the service ID will be used instead.

The other possible option is type. If it is defined, it will be used as the form type (instead of the actual service defined by the class parameter). These kinds of form types appear in the drop-down list on the create and update embedded form pages.

Default FormType CSS and Success Message¶

By default, the CSS and Success Message fields on the create new embedded form page are empty. To add default styles or a default success message, a FormType must implement Oro\Bundle\EmbeddedFormBundle\Form\Type\EmbeddedFormInterface.

Change FormType¶

It is possible to change the embedded form FormType on/after creation. The related default styles and the default success message will be pulled. If the current CSS and success message are changed, a confirmation dialog will appear.

Success Message¶

This message will appear after a successful form submitting. You can customize the success message on the create and update embedded form pages. It is possible to set your text for the back link by adding it in the {back_link} placeholder using the following syntax {back_link|Back link text}.

Get Code¶

The Get code section is located on the view embedded form page. Example:

<div id="embedded-form-container-2b975a6c-844f-11e3-a31b-001fe24ecc11"></div>
<script src="{{ app.request.getSchemeAndHttpHost() ~ asset('bundles/oroembeddedform/js/embed.form.js') }}"></script>
<script>
    new ORO.EmbedForm({
        container: 'embedded-form-container-2b975a6c-844f-11e3-a31b-001fe24ecc11',
        iframe: {
            src: "http://example.com/embedded-form/submit/2b975a6c-844f-11e3-a31b-001fe24ecc11",
            width: 640,
            height: 800,
            frameBorder: 0
        }
    });
</script>

The iframe object properties will be directly mapped onto creating iframe element properties, so it is possible to change the iframe sizes or add/remove the frame border.

Custom Form Layout¶

The layout engine from OroLayoutBundle should be used to customize the form layout. Embedded forms use the embedded_form layout theme, and layout update files should be placed in the src\Resources\OroEmbeddedFormBundle\layouts\embedded_default directory.

Layout update files can be placed in a subdirectory corresponding to a route name (e.g. oro_embedded_form_submit, oro_embedded_form_success) if it needs to be applied to a specific action only. Please, refer to the LayoutBundle documentation for more information.

Let’s consider an example when we need to move the email field before the first name field on the embedded form:

Example

layout:
    actions:
        - '@move':
            id:        embedded_form_email
            siblingId: embedded_form_firstName
            prepend:   true                     # place moved block before sibling

    conditions: 'context["embedded_form_type"]=="Acme\\Bundle\\DemoBundle\\Form\\Type\\SomeFormType"'

We need to specify layout update conditions since all embedded forms use the same route. The condition should check that your custom form type is equal to the form type stored in the layout context, ensuring that your layout updates are loaded only for your embedded form type.

Note that we are using separate block types embed_form_start, embed_form_end, embed_form_fields and embed_form_field to render the form. This allows us to add content inside the form easily.

We need to specify the form_name option for all these block fields to bind it to our form. We can also use only one block type embed_form which will create three child blocks: embed_form_start, embed_form_fields, embed_form_end.