How to set default value for form field in Symfony2?

Question

Is there an easy way to set a default value for text form field?

Answer 1

You can set a default value, e.g. for the form message, like this:

$defaultData = array('message' => 'Type your message here');
$form = $this->createFormBuilder($defaultData)
    ->add('name', 'text')
    ->add('email', 'email')
    ->add('message', 'textarea')
    ->add('send', 'submit')
    ->getForm();

In case your form is mapped to an Entity, you can go like this (e.g. default username):

$user = new User();
$user->setUsername('John Doe');

$form = $this->createFormBuilder($user)
    ->add('username')
    ->getForm();