[ZF] Containing form elements in DIVs (or other HTML tags) with classes

Long time, no see.

So, let's say you're building a dynamic form and would like each dt (label) and dd (input field) pair to be grouped in a div,with one or more specific classes added to this div.

It's quite easy, actually!

// Wrap element in div with classes
$element->addDecorator(
 array('openDiv' =>'HtmlTag'),
 array(
  'tag' => 'div',
  'openOnly' => true,
  'class' => $attrib_class
 )
);
$element->addDecorator(
array('closeDiv' =>'HtmlTag'),
 array('tag' => 'div', 'closeOnly' => true)
);

Considering your custom class name(s) are in the $attrib_class variable, this will output something similar to this:

<div class="class-1 class-2">
 <dt id="item-id-label">
  <label for="item-id">label</label>
 </dt>
 <dd id="item-id-element">
  <input type="text" name="item-id" id="item-id" value="">
 </dd>
</div>

And there you have it, customizable form elements!