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7.3.3.3 $options[‘before’], $options[‘between’], $options[‘separator’] and $options[‘after’]

Use these keys if you need to inject some markup inside the output of the input() method.

<?php echo $form->input('field', array(
    'before' => '--before--',
    'after' => '--after--',
    'between' => '--between---'
));?>
 
Output:
 
<div class="input">
--before--
<label for="UserField">Field</label>
--between---
<input name="data[User][field]" type="text" value="" id="UserField" />
--after--
</div>
  1. <?php echo $form->input('field', array(
  2. 'before' => '--before--',
  3. 'after' => '--after--',
  4. 'between' => '--between---'
  5. ));?>
  7. Output:
  9. <div class="input">
  10. --before--
  11. <label for="UserField">Field</label>
  12. --between---
  13. <input name="data[User][field]" type="text" value="" id="UserField" />
  14. --after--
  15. </div>

For radio type input the 'separator' attribute can be used to inject markup to separate each input/label pair.

<?php echo $form->input('field', array(
    'before' => '--before--',
    'after' => '--after--',
    'between' => '--between---',
    'separator' => '--separator--',
    'options' => array('1', '2') 
));?>
 
Output:
 
<div class="input">
--before--
<input name="data[User][field]" type="radio" value="1" id="UserField1" />
<label for="UserField1">1</label>
--separator--
<input name="data[User][field]" type="radio" value="2" id="UserField2" />
<label for="UserField2">2</label>
--between---
--after--
</div>
  1. <?php echo $form->input('field', array(
  2. 'before' => '--before--',
  3. 'after' => '--after--',
  4. 'between' => '--between---',
  5. 'separator' => '--separator--',
  6. 'options' => array('1', '2')
  7. ));?>
  9. Output:
  11. <div class="input">
  12. --before--
  13. <input name="data[User][field]" type="radio" value="1" id="UserField1" />
  14. <label for="UserField1">1</label>
  15. --separator--
  16. <input name="data[User][field]" type="radio" value="2" id="UserField2" />
  17. <label for="UserField2">2</label>
  18. --between---
  19. --after--
  20. </div>

For date and datetime type elements the 'separator' attribute can be used to change the string between select elements. Defaults to '-'.

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