horde/form

Form library

v3.0.0alpha5 2024-01-10 00:00 UTC

Requires

• php: ^7.4 || ^8
• ext-json: *
• horde/core: ^3
• horde/date: ^3
• horde/exception: ^3
• horde/mail: ^3
• horde/mime: ^3
• horde/nls: ^3
• horde/token: ^3
• horde/translation: ^3
• horde/util: ^3

LGPL-2.1-only

• Jan Schneider
• Chuck Hagenbuch

README

AI autogenerated may 17th 2025

Overview

Horde/Form is a powerful and flexible form handling library that provides a comprehensive set of tools for creating, validating, and processing web forms in PHP applications. It's part of the Horde Application Framework and offers a robust solution for form management with extensive field types and validation capabilities.

Features

Form Field Types

The library supports a wide variety of form field types including:

• Basic Input Types:

  • Text fields
  • Password fields
  • Number fields
  • Email fields
  • Phone numbers
  • IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6)
  • Long text areas
  • File uploads
  • Image uploads

• Selection Types:

  • Dropdown menus (enum)
  • Radio buttons
  • Checkboxes
  • Multi-select lists
  • Matrix inputs
  • Category selectors

• Date and Time:

  • Date pickers
  • Time selectors
  • DateTime combinations
  • Month/Year selectors

• Special Types:

  • Color pickers
  • Sound selectors
  • Credit card validators
  • CAPTCHA support
  • PGP/SMIME input
  • Address fields
  • Country selectors

Key Features

1. Validation System

   • Built-in validation for all field types
   • Custom validation support
   • File upload validation
   • Image processing capabilities

2. Security

   • CSRF protection
   • File upload security
   • Input sanitization
   • Password confirmation support

3. Flexibility

   • Custom field type creation
   • Extensible validation rules
   • Configurable field properties
   • Support for multiple languages

4. Integration

   • Seamless integration with Horde Framework
   • Support for various storage backends
   • Database lookup capabilities
   • File system integration

Usage

// Example of creating a form
$form = new Horde_Form($vars);
$form->addVariable('Username', 'username', 'text', true);
$form->addVariable('Email', 'email', 'email', true);
$form->addVariable('Password', 'password', 'password', true);

// Validate form
if ($form->validate($vars)) {
    // Process form data
}

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• Horde Framework dependencies
• Required PHP extensions (varies by field type)

Installation

composer require horde/form

Documentation

For detailed documentation, please refer to the Horde documentation at: https://www.horde.org/libraries/Horde_Form

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

For support, please use the Horde mailing lists or issue tracker:

• Mailing List: https://www.horde.org/mail/
• Issue Tracker: https://bugs.horde.org/