how create module admin form with multiple fieldsets

[Matt_]

Hi

 

I'm creating a module, it has several form fields.  And I just added some more - now the form is too long.

So the best way to split it up is to use fieldsets for sections of the form.

 

After reading many articles, the practice (as I understand it) is to have multiple 'form's in the array.  So I had before (in my module .php file:

...

    public function renderForm()

    {

        $fields_form = array(
            'form' => array(
...

then I changed this to:

...

    public function renderForm()
    {
        $fields_form[]['form'] = array(
...

        }

        $fields_form[]['form'] = array(

...

        }

        $fields_form[]['form'] = array(

...

and so on.

Still at the end of that function is:

...

        $helper = new HelperForm();
        $helper->show_toolbar = false;
        $helper->table = $this->table;
        $helper->module = $this;
        
        $lang = new Language((int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT'));
        $helper->default_form_language = $lang->id;
        $helper->allow_employee_form_lang = Configuration::get('PS_BO_ALLOW_EMPLOYEE_FORM_LANG') ? Configuration::get('PS_BO_ALLOW_EMPLOYEE_FORM_LANG') : 0;
        
        $helper->identifier = $this->identifier;
        $helper->submit_action = 'submitStoreConf';
        $helper->currentIndex = $this->context->link->getAdminLink('AdminModules', false).'&configure='.$this->name.'&tab_module='.$this->tab.'&module_name='.$this->name;
        $helper->token = Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules');
        $helper->tpl_vars = array(
            'uri' => $this->getPathUri(),
            'fields_value' => $this->getConfigFieldsValues(),
            'languages' => $this->context->controller->getLanguages(),
            'id_language' => $this->context->language->id
        );
        return $helper->generateForm (array ($this->fields_form));
}

But the browser only shows a blank page (on the admin - module page) albeit the prestashop header and menu and footer. (While changing things, I had the page as before, and clicked "Save" (in the browser) .. then I made the changes .. then back in the browser, I refreshed the page and chose to re-submit the values and it said "Settings Saved" - so the post_process function seems to work.)

 

How can I make this work as desired?

 

[razaro]

Think way you have it this should be changed

return $helper->generateForm (array ($this->fields_form));

to

return $helper->generateForm ($fields_form);

If I am not mistaken that should be same like you created $fields_form1, $fields_form2, $fields_form3 and then used

return $helper->generateForm (array ($fields_form1,$fields_form2,$fields_form3));

[Matt_]

All I needed to do was to change

return $helper->generateForm (array ($this->fields_form));

to

return $helper->generateForm ($fields_form);

 

as said by razaro also. Thanks

[Matt_]

[solved]