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How to Use the submit() Function to Handle Form Submissions

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How to Use the submit() Function to Handle Form Submissions¶

The recommended way of processing Symfony forms is to use the handleRequest() method to detect when the form has been submitted. However, you can also use the 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;
// ...

public function new(Request $request)
{
    $form = $this->createForm(TaskType::class, $task);

    if ($request->isMethod('POST')) {
        $form->submit($request->request->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->createView(),
    ]);
}

Tip

Forms consisting of nested fields expect an array in submit(). You can also submit individual fields by calling 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.

Caution

When the second parameter $clearMissing is false, like with the "PATCH" method, the validation extension will only handle the submitted fields. If the underlying data needs to be validated, this should be done manually, i.e. using the validator.

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