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<?php 
    /* ... rest of the controller */

    /**
     * @Route("/article/add", name="post_add")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function addAction()
    {
        $form = $this->createFormBuilder()

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{# Post-back to a named route #}
<form action="{{ path('post_add') }}" method="post" {{ form_enctype(form) }}>
    {# Display any messages for validation errors #}
    {{ form_errors(form) }}

    <div>
        {# Show the fields for the 'title' parameter #}
        {{ form_label(form.title) }}
        {{ form_errors(form.title) }}
        {{ form_widget(form.title) }}

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<form action="{{ path('post_add') }}" method="post" {{ form_enctype(form) }}>
    {{ form_widget(form) }}

    <input type="submit" />
</form>

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<?php 
        /* ... rest of the controller */
        if ($this->getRequest()->getMethod() == 'POST') {
            /* First we 'bind' the postback data to the form */
            $form->bind($this->getRequest()->get('form'));

            if ($form->isValid()) {
                /* Now we get the data as an associative array */
                $formdata = $form->getData();
                

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<?php 
// src/MyCompany/BlogBundle/Form/Type/ArticleType.php

namespace MyCompany\BlogBundle\Form\Type;

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilder;

class ArticleType extends AbstractType
{

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<?php 
use MyCompany\BlogBundle\Form\Type\ArticleType;
use MyCompany\BlogBundle\Entity\Article;

    /* ... rest of the controller */

    /**
     * @Route("/article/add", name="post_add")
     * @Template()
     */

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<?php 
// src/MyCompany/BlogBundle/Entity/Article.php
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Article
{
    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank()
     */
    public $title;

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<?php
    /* ... rest of the controller */
    $article = new Article();

    /* do stuff to the Article entity instance */

    $validator = $this->get('validator');
    $errors = $validator->validate($author);
    /* rest of the controller... */

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<?php 
use MyCompany\BlogBundle\Entity\Article;
use MyCompany\BlogBundle\Form\ArticleType;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

/* ... rest of the controller */

    public function updateAction(Request $request)
    {
        $article = new Article();

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<?php
namespace MyCompany\BlogBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;

/* Import the entity and form classes */
use MyCompany\BlogBundle\Entity\User;