Using CakePHP FormHelper with Bootstrap Forms

Question

CakePHP\'s FormHelper is how you generate forms when making CakePHP applications. As one might assume, this includes generating input elements, like so:

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Answer 1

Inspired by lericson's answer, this is my final solution for CakePHP 2.x:

Form->create('ModelName', array(
    'class' => 'form-horizontal',
    'inputDefaults' => array(
        'format' => array('before', 'label', 'between', 'input', 'error', 'after'),
        'div' => array('class' => 'control-group'),
        'label' => array('class' => 'control-label'),
        'between' => '
',
        'after' => '
',
        'error' => array('attributes' => array('wrap' => 'span', 'class' => 'help-inline')),
    )));?>

Form->input('Fieldname', array(
    'label' => array('class' => 'control-label'), // the preset in Form->create() doesn't work for me
    )); ?>

Form->end();?>

Which produces:

    Fieldname
    

        
        Error message
    

I basically added the 'format' and 'error' keys, and added the control-label class to the label element.