form_errors(form) symfony2 twig

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Using Symfony2.3.4 and Twig I bet it's an easy peasy for anybody but I just can't get it done.
I'm trying to show only one error alert with always the same message, always at the beginnig of the form, everytime there are errors regardless which field contains the invalid input.

I thought I could do it like this:

//../Professor/Resources/new.html.twig
    {% extends 'AdminBundle:Default:admin.html.twig' %}

{% block content -%}
<h1>New professor</h1>
{% if form_errors(form) is not null %}  {#<------------------------------------#}
<div class="alert alert-error">
    <i class="glyphicon-ban-circle"></i>&nbsp;Message.
</div>
{% endif %}

<div class="row-fluid">      
    <form id="prof_create" class="form-horizontal sf_admin_form_area" action="{{ path('professor_create') }}" 
          method="post" {{ form_enctype(form) }}>
            {{ form_widget(form) }}    
        <div class="row-fluid">
            <div class="span8"></div>    
        </div>
        <div class="form-actions">
            <button class="btn btn-primary">
                <i class="icon-ok"></i> {{'Create' | trans}}</button>

            <a class="btn" href="{{ path('professor') }}">
                <i class="icon-ban-circle"></i> {{'Cancel' | trans }}</a>
        </div>    
    </form>
</div>
{% endblock %}

{% if form_errors(form) is not null %} is not working, meaning:
when I show the create form for the first time before entering any data in the fields,the error alert shows although there is no data in the fields.

I also tried {% if form_errors(form) %} which is also useless but the other way around, it doesn't matter if there are or not errors, the alert just won't show.

There's obviously a lot about form_errors(form) that I don't know.
Appreciate any tips or even completely different solutions.
Thanks

Many answers have been added and some of them depend on the error_bubbling setting. I've added a PR to the symfony cookbook to improve the docs. Feel free to vote for it here: github.com/symfony/symfony-docs/issues/6145 — webDEVILopers
– webDEVILopers, Commented Jan 14, 2016 at 10:39

Nicolas Talichet · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-26 20:34:22Z

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Have you try this ?

{% if form_errors(form.content) is not empty %}

answered Mar 26, 2014 at 20:34

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:09:29Z

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try:

{% if form_errors(form) != '' %}
...
{% endif %}

You will also need to make sure that the error_bubbling option on all of your fields is set to true. If you dont the error only exists on the child. So the main form wouldnt have any errors even though some of the children do.

To set the error bubbling you need to do it to each field:

//Some FormType that you have created
class CustomFormType extends AbstractType
{

    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder->add('test', 'text', array('error_bubbling'=>true);
    }
}

Your other option is to override the form_errors block like suggested in the accepted answer here:

{% block form_errors %}
    {% spaceless %}
        {% set a = false %}
        {% for child in form.children  %}
            {% if child.get("errors") %}
                {% set a = 'true' %}
            {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
        {% if a == true %}
            <div class="alert">
                {% for children in form.children %}
                    {{  form_errors(children) }}
                {% endfor %}
            </div>
        {% endif %}
        {% if errors|length > 0 %}
            <ul>
                {% for error in errors %}
                    {{
                    error.messagePluralization is null
                    ? error.messageTemplate|trans(error.messageParameters, 'validators')
                    : error.messageTemplate|transchoice(error.messagePluralization, error.messageParameters, 'validators')
                    }}
                {% endfor %}
            </ul>
        {% endif %}
    {% endspaceless %}
{% endblock form_errors %}

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:09

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answered Mar 26, 2014 at 2:22

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5 Comments

jmiguel Over a year ago

I tried what you just posted, I'm sorry but !== triggers this error "Unexpected token "operator" of value "="...". Then I tried != and it doesn't show errors but doesn't work: the alert doesn't show having errors in the inputs, back to the beginning...

jmiguel Over a year ago

{{dump(form_errors(form))}} shows 'string '' (length=0)' and there ARE errors in the inputs, I really don't get it

jmiguel Over a year ago

How can I set mine to true too? sorry I've only been doing web programming for a few months now.

Chase Over a year ago

I've updated my answer again to show how to set the error bubbling on a field

jmiguel Over a year ago

I tried the second option and used the code you posted with some small tweaks,i.e: child.get(errors) throws "Method "get" for object "Symfony\Component\Form\FormView" does not exist" and I replaced it with form_errors(child),there is definitely something weird with the symfony I'm using, anyways in the end it worked as I needed, thanks a million, if (myRep >= 15) $me->thumbsUp();

Andrej Sramko · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-08 07:19:25Z

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try

{% if form.vars.errors|length %}

answered Aug 8, 2014 at 7:19

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:09:29Z

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{% if not form.vars.valid %}
<div class="alert alert-error">
    {{ form_errors(form) }}
</div>
{% endif %}

from https://stackoverflow.com/a/17826389/511514

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