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  • Supported Field Types
    • Text Fields
    • Choice Fields
    • Date and Time Fields
    • Other Fields
    • Field Groups
    • Hidden Fields
    • Buttons
    • Base Fields

Form Types Reference

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Form Types Reference

A form is composed of fields, each of which are built with the help of a field type (e.g. a text type, choice type, etc). Symfony comes standard with a large list of field types that can be used in your application.

Supported Field Types

The following field types are natively available in Symfony:

Text Fields

  • text
  • textarea
  • email
  • integer
  • money
  • number
  • password
  • percent
  • search
  • url

Choice Fields

  • choice
  • entity
  • country
  • language
  • locale
  • timezone
  • currency

Date and Time Fields

  • date
  • datetime
  • time
  • birthday

Other Fields

  • checkbox
  • file
  • radio

Field Groups

  • collection
  • repeated

Hidden Fields

  • hidden

Buttons

  • button
  • reset
  • submit

Base Fields

  • form
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