interface ChoiceListInterface

A list of choices that can be selected in a choice field.

A choice list assigns unique string values to each of a list of choices. These string values are displayed in the "value" attributes in HTML and submitted back to the server.

The acceptable data types for the choices depend on the implementation. Values must always be strings and (within the list) free of duplicates.

Methods

array
getChoices()

Returns all selectable choices.

array
getValues()

Returns the values for the choices.

array
getStructuredValues()

Returns the values in the structure originally passed to the list.

array
getOriginalKeys()

Returns the original keys of the choices.

array
getChoicesForValues(array$values)

Returns the choices corresponding to the given values.

array
getValuesForChoices(array$choices)

Returns the values corresponding to the given choices.

Details

array getChoices()

Returns all selectable choices.

Return Value

array The selectable choices indexed by the corresponding values

array getValues()

Returns the values for the choices.

The values are strings that do not contain duplicates:

$form->add('field', 'choice', [
    'choices' => [
        'Decided' => ['Yes' => true, 'No' => false],
        'Undecided' => ['Maybe' => null],
    ],
]);

In this example, the result of this method is:

[
    'Yes' => '0',
    'No' => '1',
    'Maybe' => '2',
]

Null and false MUST NOT conflict when being casted to string. For this some default incremented values SHOULD be computed.

Return Value

array

array getStructuredValues()

Returns the values in the structure originally passed to the list.

Contrary to {@link getValues()}, the result is indexed by the original keys of the choices. If the original array contained nested arrays, these nested arrays are represented here as well:

$form->add('field', 'choice', [
    'choices' => [
        'Decided' => ['Yes' => true, 'No' => false],
        'Undecided' => ['Maybe' => null],
    ],
]);

In this example, the result of this method is:

[
    'Decided' => ['Yes' => '0', 'No' => '1'],
    'Undecided' => ['Maybe' => '2'],
]

Nested arrays do not make sense in a view format unless they are used as a convenient way of grouping. If the implementation does not intend to support grouped choices, this method SHOULD be equivalent to {@link getValues()}. The $groupBy callback parameter SHOULD be used instead.

Return Value

array

array getOriginalKeys()

Returns the original keys of the choices.

The original keys are the keys of the choice array that was passed in the "choice" option of the choice type. Note that this array may contain duplicates if the "choice" option contained choice groups:

$form->add('field', 'choice', [
    'choices' => [
        'Decided' => [true, false],
        'Undecided' => [null],
    ],
]);

In this example, the original key 0 appears twice, once for true and once for null.

Return Value

array The original choice keys indexed by the corresponding choice values

array getChoicesForValues(array$values)

Returns the choices corresponding to the given values.

The choices are returned with the same keys and in the same order as the corresponding values in the given array.

Parameters

array $values An array of choice values. Non-existing values in this array are ignored

Return Value

array

array getValuesForChoices(array$choices)

Returns the values corresponding to the given choices.

The values are returned with the same keys and in the same order as the corresponding choices in the given array.

Parameters

array $choices An array of choices. Non-existing choices in this array are ignored

Return Value

array