Magento 1.8 – How to Create Custom Form in Custom Module with Form Helper

magento-1.8

I need to create vendor registration from for our vendor. How to create Form helper in custom form

<form action="<?php echo $this->getPostActionUrl() ?>" method="post" id="form-validate">
<ul>
<li class="fields">

                </li>
                <li>
                    <label for="email_address" class="required"><em>*</em><?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input type="text" name="email" id="email_address" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->getFormData()->getEmail()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?>" class="input-text validate-email required-entry" />
                    </div>
                </li>
</ul>
</form>

I m getting error Fatal error: Call to a member function getEmail() on a non-object
I need to know how can i crete form object in magento…

Best Answer

The problem in your case is, that the function $this->getFormData() does not return an object to work with where you can get the e-mail from. Does your block class derive from Mage_Customer_Block_Form_Register?

Have a look at getFormData in app/code/core/Mage/Customer/Block/Form/Register.php to see how this is done there.

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To create your own form you need the following:

In your controller you need to load the Form Container Widget:

class Vendor_ProductUploader_Adminhtml_Product_Uploader_AttachmentController
extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action {

public function newAction() {
    $this->loadLayout()->_addContent($this->getLayout()->createBlock('vendor_productuploader/adminhtml_attachment'))->renderLayout();
}

Next you need to create the Form Container (this one is missing in your code posted above):

class Vendor_ProductUploader_Block_Adminhtml_Attachment
    extends Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Form_Container {

public function __construct() {
    parent::__construct();

    $this->_blockGroup = 'vendor_productuploader';
    $this->_mode = 'attachment';
    $this->_controller = 'adminhtml';

}

public function getHeaderText() {
    return Mage::helper('vendor_productuploader')->__("My form header");
}

public function getBackUrl() {
    return $this->getUrl('*/*/');
}

The last item you need is in your form, at the end you need to set the form you created with:

$this->setForm($form);

How to Rewrite URL in Magento for Custom Module

To avoid issues change your frontname to something different then seller, sellercreate for example. Now you can add a rewrite to your global node.

<global>
   [...]
   <rewrite>
      <sellercreate>
         <from><![CDATA[#^/seller[\/]?$#]]></from>
         <to><![CDATA[/seller/seller/sellercreate/$1]]></to>
         <complete>1</complete>
      </sellercreate>
   </rewrite>
   [...]
</global>

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