Do Not Escape setAttrib() Method (Zend_Form)

Question

I would like to add an attribute to some form elements in the action controller, I can do it like this:

$form->element_name->setAttrib('description', '<a href="/controller/action">Anchor</a>');

However in the above example the second argument gets escaped. I would like to have it unescaped. How can I do that?

Answer 1

You may have to experiment a bit but typically

$element->setAttrib("escape", false);

should work. I'm using it to not escape the content in a Zend_Form_Element_MultiCheckbox subclass right now. There's a setEscape method in the Decorator abstract that I believe this flags but the documentation isn't clear (as made obvious by the "enhancement" request).

Answer 2

You can use $decorator->setEscape(false); on Description decorator. Retieve it like $descriptionDEcorator = $element->getDecorator('Description');