Zend Form: How to set the length of a text input or textarea element?

Question

By default Zend Form Text elements don\'t have a width specified. Textarea elements have a default of rows="24" and cols="80". But

Answer 1

Generally it is good practice to add your form attributes in your fieldset class (or form class depending on how you have set it up).

Here is an example:

class SomeFieldSet extends Fieldset
{
    /**
     * @var \Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager
     * @access protected
     */
    protected $objectManager;

    /**
     * @param ObjectManager $objectManager
     * @param SomeEntity $claimPrototype
     * @param null $name
     * @param array $options
     */
    public function __construct(
        ObjectManager $objectManager,
        SomeEntity $somePrototype,
        $name = null,
        $options = array()
    ) {
        parent::__construct($name, $options);

        $this->objectManager = $objectManager;

        $this->setHydrator(new DoctrineObject($objectManager));
        $this->setObject($somePrototype);

    }

    public function init()
    {

        $this->add(
            [
                'name'       => 'description',
                'type'       => 'textarea',
                'options'    => [
                    'label' => 'Some Label',
                    'instructions' => 'Some instruction',
                ],
                'attributes' => [
                    'class' => 'form-control',
                    'placeholder' => 'Some placeholder',
                    'required' => 'required',
                    'rows' => 10
                ],
            ]
        );

}