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How to Use the submit() Function to Handle Form Submissions
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The recommended way of :ref:`processing Symfony forms <processing-forms>` is to
use the :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Form\\FormInterface::handleRequest` method
to detect when the form has been submitted. However, you can also use the
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Form\\FormInterface::submit` method to have better
control over when exactly your form is submitted and what data is passed to it::
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
// ...
public function new(Request $request): Response
{
$task = new Task();
$form = $this->createForm(TaskType::class, $task);
if ($request->isMethod('POST')) {
$form->submit($request->getPayload()->get($form->getName()));
if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
// perform some action...
return $this->redirectToRoute('task_success');
}
}
return $this->render('task/new.html.twig', [
'form' => $form,
]);
}
The list of fields submitted with the ``submit()`` method must be the same as
the fields defined by the form class. Otherwise, you'll see a form validation error::
public function new(Request $request): Response
{
// ...
if ($request->isMethod('POST')) {
// '$json' represents payload data sent by React/Angular/Vue
// the merge of parameters is needed to submit all form fields
$form->submit(array_merge($json, $request->getPayload()->all()));
// ...
}
// ...
}
.. tip::
Forms consisting of nested fields expect an array in
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Form\\FormInterface::submit`. You can also submit
individual fields by calling :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Form\\FormInterface::submit`
directly on the field::
$form->get('firstName')->submit('Fabien');
.. tip::
When submitting a form via a "PATCH" request, you may want to update only a few
submitted fields. To achieve this, you may pass an optional second boolean
argument to ``submit()``. Passing ``false`` will remove any missing fields
within the form object. Otherwise, the missing fields will be set to ``null``.
.. warning::
When the second parameter ``$clearMissing`` is ``false``, like with the
"PATCH" method, the validation will only apply to the submitted fields. If
you need to validate all the underlying data, add the required fields
manually so that they are validated::
// 'email' and 'username' are added manually to force their validation
$form->submit(array_merge(['email' => null, 'username' => null], $request->getPayload()->all()), false);