FormBuilderProcessor::populate() method

Populate the form with the key=value data given in the array

Usage

// basic usage
$inputfieldForm = $formBuilderProcessor->populate(array $data);

// usage with all arguments
$inputfieldForm = $formBuilderProcessor->populate(array $data, int $entryID = 0);

Arguments

Name	Type(s)	Description
`data`	array	key=value associative array
`entryID` (optional)	int	The id of the entry the data is from

Return value

InputfieldForm

Form that was populated

Hooking FormBuilderProcessor::populate(…)

You can add your own hook events that are executed either before or after the FormBuilderProcessor::populate(…) method is executed. Examples of both are included below. A good place for hook code such as this is in your /site/ready.php file.

Hooking before

The 'before' hooks are called immediately before each FormBuilderProcessor::populate(…) method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying arguments before they are sent to the method.

$this->addHookBefore('FormBuilderProcessor::populate', function(HookEvent $event) {
  // Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
  $FormBuilderProcessor = $event->object;

  // Get values of arguments sent to hook (and optionally modify them)
  $data = $event->arguments(0);
  $entryID = $event->arguments(1);

  /* Your code here, perhaps modifying arguments */

  // Populate back arguments (if you have modified them)
  $event->arguments(0, $data);
  $event->arguments(1, $entryID);
});

Hooking after

The 'after' hooks are called immediately after each FormBuilderProcessor::populate(…) method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying the value that was returned by the method call.

$this->addHookAfter('FormBuilderProcessor::populate', function(HookEvent $event) {
  // Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
  $FormBuilderProcessor = $event->object;

  // An 'after' hook can retrieve and/or modify the return value
  $return = $event->return;

  // Get values of arguments sent to hook (if needed)
  $data = $event->arguments(0);
  $entryID = $event->arguments(1);

  /* Your code here, perhaps modifying the return value */

  // Populate back return value, if you have modified it
  $event->return = $return;
});

FormBuilderProcessor methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236