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.. _form-type-methods-explanation :
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- ``buildForm() ``
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- It adds and configures other types into this type. It's the same method used
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- when :ref: `creating Symfony form classes <creating-forms-in-classes >`.
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- ``buildView() ``
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- It sets any extra variables you'll need when rendering the field in a template.
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- ``finishView() ``
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- This method allows to modify the "view" of any rendered widget. This is useful
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- if your form type consists of many fields, or contains a type that produces
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- many HTML elements (e.g. ``ChoiceType ``). For any other use case, it's
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- recommended to use ``buildView() `` instead.
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- ``configureOptions() ``
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- It defines the options configurable when using the form type, which are also
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- the options that can be used in ``buildForm() `` and ``buildView() ``
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- methods. Options are inherited from parent types and parent type
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- extensions, but you can create any custom option you need.
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``getParent() ``
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If your custom type is based on another type (i.e. they share some
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functionality), add this method to return the fully-qualified class name
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:class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Form\\ Extension\\ Core\\ Type\\ FormType `
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type, which is the root parent for all form types in the Form component.
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+ ``configureOptions() ``
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+ It defines the options configurable when using the form type, which are also
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+ the options that can be used in the following methods. Options are inherited
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+ from parent types and parent type extensions, but you can create any custom
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+ option you need.
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+
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+ ``buildForm() ``
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+ It configures the current form and may add nested fields. It's the same
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+ method used when
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+ :ref: `creating Symfony form classes <creating-forms-in-classes >`.
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+
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+ ``buildView() ``
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+ It sets any extra variables you'll need when rendering the field in a form
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+ theme template.
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+ ``finishView() ``
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+ Same as ``buildView() ``. This is useful only if your form type consists of
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+ many fields (i.e. A ``ChoiceType `` composed of many radio or checkboxes),
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+ as this method will allow accessing child views with
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+ ``$view['child_name'] ``. For any other use case, it's recommended to use
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+ ``buildView() `` instead.
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Defining the Form Type
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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