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  • Supported Field Types
    • Text Fields
    • Choice Fields
    • Date and Time Fields
    • Other Fields
    • Field Groups
    • Hidden Fields
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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. TextType, ChoiceType, 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

  • TextType
  • TextareaType
  • EmailType
  • IntegerType
  • MoneyType
  • NumberType
  • PasswordType
  • PercentType
  • SearchType
  • UrlType
  • RangeType

Choice Fields

  • ChoiceType
  • EntityType
  • CountryType
  • LanguageType
  • LocaleType
  • TimezoneType
  • CurrencyType

Date and Time Fields

  • DateType
  • DateTimeType
  • TimeType
  • BirthdayType

Other Fields

  • CheckboxType
  • FileType
  • RadioType

Field Groups

  • CollectionType
  • RepeatedType

Hidden Fields

  • HiddenType

Buttons

  • ButtonType
  • ResetType
  • SubmitType

Base Fields

  • FormType
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