cakephp-1.3 > FormHelper :: create()
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create

line:193 at /cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
Returns an HTML FORM element.

Method

(string) create ($model = null, $options = array())

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$model string optional The model object which the form is being defined for null
$options array optional An array of html attributes and options. array()

Return

string

Comment

Returns an HTML FORM element.

### Options:

- `type` Form method defaults to POST
- `action` The controller action the form submits to, (optional).
- `url` The url the form submits to. Can be a string or a url array. If you use 'url'
you should leave 'action' undefined.
- `default` Allows for the creation of Ajax forms. Set this to false to prevent the default event handler.
Will create an onsubmit attribute if it doesn't not exist. If it does, default action suppression
will be appended.
- `onsubmit` Used in conjunction with 'default' to create ajax forms.
- `inputDefaults` set the default $options for FormHelper::input(). Any options that would
be set when using FormHelper::input() can be set here. Options set with `inputDefaults`
can be overridden when calling input()
- `encoding` Set the accept-charset encoding for the form. Defaults to `Configure::read('App.encoding')`

@access public
@param string $model The model object which the form is being defined for
@param array $options An array of html attributes and options.
@return string An formatted opening FORM tag.
@link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1384/Creating-Forms