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If you need a simple, library free, jQuery focused formbuilder that makes it easy for a beginner or intermediate Javascript developer to dive in and modify, then here you go! This is open source licensed. The MIT license is included and you are free to use this form builder in your projects.
This will convert the jquery.FormBuilder version 1.0 form structure (serialized or json forms) to the new jquery.formbuilder version 2.0 structure. Project link: https://github.com/viveleroi/jquery.formbuilder
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<?php function form_converter($form_id, $form_structure) { $format_test = @unserialize(preg_replace('!s:(\d+):"(.*?)";!e', "'s:'.strlen('$2').':\"$2\";'", $form_structure)); if ($format_test !== false) { //this is a serialized form $form_structure = str_replace("'", "'", $form_structure); $form_structure = unserialize(preg_replace('!s:(\d+):"(.*?)";!e', "'s:'.strlen('$2').':\"$2\";'", $form_structure)); } else { //must be json $form_structure = json_decode($form_structure, true); } $out = array(); $i = 1; foreach($form_structure as $k => $v){ // // Changes applicable to all fields // //Setup the fbid rand num (Uses rand() because server is too fast for time() to stay unique) $fbid_num = rand(1111111111111,9999999999999); //Add "name" and "sortOrder" fields $v['name'] = false; $v['sortOrder'] = false; //Create the sortOrder index $v['sortOrder'] = $i; //Rename "cssClass" field to "type" $v['type'] = $v['cssClass']; unset($v['cssClass']); //Change required=>checked to required=>1 and "undefined" to false $v['required'] = ($v['required'] == 'checked' ? '1' : false); // // Text Fields Changes // if($v['type'] == 'input_text'){ //create the full fbid $v['fbid'] = 'text_' . $fbid_num; //update type=>input_text to type=>text $v['type'] = 'text'; //rename "values" to "label" $v['label'] = $v['values']; unset($v['values']); } // // Textarea Fields Changes // if($v['type'] == 'textarea'){ //create the full fbid $v['fbid'] = 'textarea_' . $fbid_num; //rename "values" to "label" $v['label'] = $v['values']; unset($v['values']); } // // Checkbox Field Changes // if($v['type'] == 'checkbox'){ //create the full fbid $v['fbid'] = 'checkbox_' . $fbid_num; //rename "title" to "label" $v['label'] = $v['title']; unset($v['title']); //rename "values" to "choices" $v['choices'] = $v['values']; unset($v['values']); //format the checkbox choices $cb_out = array(); $cb_i = 0; if($v['choices']) { foreach($v['choices'] as $cb_k => $cb_v){ //rename "baseline" to "selected" $cb_v['selected'] = $cb_v['baseline']; unset($cb_v['baseline']); //Change selected=>checked to selected=>1 and "undefined" to false $cb_v['selected'] = ($cb_v['selected'] == 'checked' ? '1' : false); //rename "value" to "label" $cb_v['label'] = $cb_v['value']; unset($cb_v['value']); $new_cb_keys[] = $cb_i; $cb_i++; array_push($cb_out,$cb_v); } $v['choices'] = array_combine($new_cb_keys, $cb_out); unset($new_cb_keys); } } // // Radio Field Changes // if($v['type'] == 'radio'){ //create the full fbid $v['fbid'] = 'radio_' . $fbid_num; //rename "title" to "label" $v['label'] = $v['title']; unset($v['title']); //rename "values" to "choices" $v['choices'] = $v['values']; unset($v['values']); //format the radio box choices $rb_out = array(); $rb_i = 0; if($v['choices']) { foreach ($v['choices'] as $rb_k => $rb_v) { //rename "baseline" to "selected" $rb_v['selected'] = $rb_v['baseline']; unset($rb_v['baseline']); //Change selected=>checked to selected=>1 and "undefined" to false $rb_v['selected'] = ($rb_v['selected'] == 'checked' ? '1' : false); //rename "value" to "label" $rb_v['label'] = $rb_v['value']; unset($rb_v['value']); $new_rb_keys[] = $rb_i; $rb_i++; array_push($rb_out, $rb_v); } $v['choices'] = array_combine($new_rb_keys, $rb_out); unset($new_rb_keys); } } // // Select Field Changes // if($v['type'] == 'select'){ //create the full fbid $v['fbid'] = 'select_' . $fbid_num; //rename "title" to "label" $v['label'] = $v['title']; unset($v['title']); //rename "values" to "choices" $v['choices'] = $v['values']; unset($v['values']); //remove "multiple" key unset($v['multiple']); //format the select choices $sc_out = array(); $sc_i = 0; if($v['choices']) { foreach ($v['choices'] as $sc_k => $sc_v) { //rename "baseline" to "selected" $sc_v['selected'] = $sc_v['baseline']; unset($sc_v['baseline']); //Change selected=>checked to selected=>1 and "undefined" to false $sc_v['selected'] = ($sc_v['selected'] == 'checked' ? '1' : false); //rename "value" to "label" $sc_v['label'] = $sc_v['value']; unset($sc_v['value']); $new_sc_keys[] = $sc_i; $sc_i++; array_push($sc_out, $sc_v); } $v['choices'] = array_combine($new_sc_keys, $sc_out); unset($new_sc_keys); } } $i++; $new_keys[] = $v['fbid']; array_push($out,$v); } $converted_form_model = array_combine($new_keys, $out); $form = array( "form_id" => $form_id, "model" => $converted_form_model ); $form = json_encode($form); return $form; } //Two possible form structure types: //json form example (from 1.0's fake-form-db-vals.php) $json_form_structure = Array( 'form_structure' => '[{"cssClass":"input_text","required":"undefined","values":"First Name"},{"cssClass":"input_text","required":"undefined","values":"Last Name"},{"cssClass":"input_text","required":"undefined","values":"Email","type":"email"},{"cssClass":"textarea","required":"undefined","values":"Bio"},{"cssClass":"checkbox","required":"undefined","title":"What\'s on your pizza?","values":{"2":{"value":"Extra Cheese","baseline":"undefined"},"3":{"value":"Pepperoni","baseline":"undefined"},"4":{"value":"Beef","baseline":"undefined"}}}]'); //serialized form example (created with old version of 1.0) $serialized_form_structure = 'a:5:{i:0;a:3:{s:8:"cssClass";s:10:"input_text";s:8:"required";s:9:"undefined";s:6:"values";s:10:"First Name";}i:1;a:3:{s:8:"cssClass";s:10:"input_text";s:8:"required";s:9:"undefined";s:6:"values";s:9:"Last Name";}i:2;a:3:{s:8:"cssClass";s:10:"input_text";s:8:"required";s:9:"undefined";s:6:"values";s:5:"Email";}i:3;a:3:{s:8:"cssClass";s:8:"textarea";s:8:"required";s:9:"undefined";s:6:"values";s:3:"Bio";}i:4;a:4:{s:8:"cssClass";s:8:"checkbox";s:8:"required";s:9:"undefined";s:5:"title";s:26:"What's on your pizza?";s:6:"values";a:3:{i:2;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:12:"Extra Cheese";s:8:"baseline";s:9:"undefined";}i:3;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:9:"Pepperoni";s:8:"baseline";s:9:"undefined";}i:4;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:4:"Beef";s:8:"baseline";s:9:"undefined";}}}}'; //form created with 2.0 (for comparison) $version_2_form = '{"form_id":"1","model":{"text_1428119398207":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119398207","label":"First Name","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":1},"text_1428119399325":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119399325","label":"Last Name","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":2},"text_1428119400691":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119400691","label":"Email","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":3},"textarea_1428119402013":{"name":false,"fbid":"textarea_1428119402013","label":"Bio","required":false,"type":"textarea","sortOrder":4},"checkbox_1428119403153":{"name":false,"fbid":"checkbox_1428119403153","label":"What\'s on your pizza?","required":false,"choices":[{"selected":false,"label":"Extra Cheese"},{"selected":false,"label":"Pepperoni"},{"selected":false,"label":"Beef"}],"type":"checkbox","sortOrder":5}}}'; $form_id = '1'; // 1.0 to 2.0 - json example //Run the json form through the function (the "cssClass" is a FormBuilder 1.0 form check) $form_structure = $json_form_structure[form_structure]; if (strpos($form_structure,'cssClass') !== false) { $updated_json_form_code = form_converter($form_id, $form_structure); } // 1.0 to 2.0 - serialized example //Run the serialized form through the same function $form_structure = $serialized_form_structure; if (strpos($form_structure,'cssClass') !== false) { $updated_serialized_form_code = form_converter($form_id, $form_structure); } ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div style="font-family: monospace; white-space:pre;"> <p>1.0 json form conversion output:</p> <?php var_dump($updated_json_form_code);?> <p>1.0 serialized form conversion output:</p> <?php var_dump($updated_serialized_form_code);?> <p>Form created with 2.0 (for comparison)</p> <?php var_dump($version_2_form);?> </div> </body> </html> |
The output when the above code is run (I’m using PHP 5.5):
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1.0 json form conversion output: string(824) "{"form_id":"1","model":{"text_5955102911425":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":1,"type":"text","fbid":"text_5955102911425","label":"First Name"},"text_6115533755057":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":2,"type":"text","fbid":"text_6115533755057","label":"Last Name"},"text_8350398921304":{"required":false,"type":"text","name":false,"sortOrder":3,"fbid":"text_8350398921304","label":"Email"},"textarea_1981103900405":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":4,"type":"textarea","fbid":"textarea_1981103900405","label":"Bio"},"checkbox_8567867688834":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":5,"type":"checkbox","fbid":"checkbox_8567867688834","label":"Whats on your pizza?","choices":[{"selected":false,"label":"Extra Cheese"},{"selected":false,"label":"Pepperoni"},{"selected":false,"label":"Beef"}]}}}" 1.0 serialized form conversion output: string(824) "{"form_id":"1","model":{"text_3023350267774":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":1,"type":"text","fbid":"text_3023350267774","label":"First Name"},"text_9516621749434":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":2,"type":"text","fbid":"text_9516621749434","label":"Last Name"},"text_5590182311005":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":3,"type":"text","fbid":"text_5590182311005","label":"Email"},"textarea_2501362785696":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":4,"type":"textarea","fbid":"textarea_2501362785696","label":"Bio"},"checkbox_5132304839789":{"required":false,"name":false,"sortOrder":5,"type":"checkbox","fbid":"checkbox_5132304839789","label":"Whats on your pizza?","choices":[{"selected":false,"label":"Extra Cheese"},{"selected":false,"label":"Pepperoni"},{"selected":false,"label":"Beef"}]}}}" Form created with 2.0 (for comparison) string(824) "{"form_id":"1","model":{"text_1428119398207":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119398207","label":"First Name","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":1},"text_1428119399325":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119399325","label":"Last Name","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":2},"text_1428119400691":{"name":false,"fbid":"text_1428119400691","label":"Email","required":false,"type":"text","sortOrder":3},"textarea_1428119402013":{"name":false,"fbid":"textarea_1428119402013","label":"Bio","required":false,"type":"textarea","sortOrder":4},"checkbox_1428119403153":{"name":false,"fbid":"checkbox_1428119403153","label":"Whats on your pizza?","required":false,"choices":[{"selected":false,"label":"Extra Cheese"},{"selected":false,"label":"Pepperoni"},{"selected":false,"label":"Beef"}],"type":"checkbox","sortOrder":5}}}" |
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