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Symfony Form not showing correct error (pending on constellation)

constraints error-handling forms php symfony

I have an issue with the constrains-check of my form and the correct display of errors.

describtion of problem

The form has three checkboxes and two of them are mandatory to be checked by the user (accepting Terms and Conditions stuff).

if only one of the mandatory checkboxes (either the first or the secound) is not checked, the error is displayed correctly
if both mandatory checkboxes are not checked, no error is displayed at all

analysis already done

looping through errors link show that there is really no error
if i add an additional textfield to the form, the above problem disappears (but I don’t want that field).

BookingTermsAndConditionsFormType.php

class BookingTermsAndConditionsFormType  extends AbstractType {
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options) {

        $builder
            ->add('checkbox1', CheckboxType::class, [
                'label'      => 'accept <a href="#" target="_blank">Terms and Conditions</a>.*',
                'label_html' => true,
                'label_attr' => ['class' => 'switch-custom'],
                'constraints' => [
                    new IsTrue([
                        'message' => 'Accepting Terms and Conditions are mandatory.',
                    ]),
                ],
            ])
            ->add('checkbox2', CheckboxType::class, [
                'label'      => 'accept <a href="#" target="_blank">privacy policy</a>*',
                'label_html' => true,
                'label_attr' => ['class' => 'switch-custom'],
                'constraints' => [
                    new IsTrue([
                        'message' => 'Accepting privacy policy is mandatory.',
                    ]),
                ],
            ])
            ->add('checkbox3', CheckboxType::class, [
                'label'      => 'I want the newsletter.',
                'label_html' => true,
                'label_attr' => ['class' => 'switch-custom'],
            ]);
    }

    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver) {
        $resolver->setDefaults([]);
    }
}

_formTermsAndConditions.html.twig

{{ form_start(bookingTermsAndConditionsForm, {
    attr: {
        class: 'form-general',
        novalidate: 'novalidate',
        id: 'form_booking_terms_and_conditions'
    }
}) }}


<div class="row">
    <div class="col-10 offset-2">
        <div>
            {{ form_row(bookingTermsAndConditionsForm.checkbox1) }}
            {{ form_row(bookingTermsAndConditionsForm.checkbox2) }}
            {{ form_row(bookingTermsAndConditionsForm.checkbox3) }}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>



{{ form_end(bookingTermsAndConditionsForm) }}

Question

What is wrong here?

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Answer

Please find here my workaround. I have added an additional field and used the HiddenType for it. This made the form-errors work correctly. Don’t ask me why…

BookingTermsAndConditionsFormType.php

[...]

$builder
    ->add('dummy', HiddenType::class, [
        'label' => 'i am stupid and only needed because constrain-errors are not 
                    displayed correctly without me (e.g. in the case both mandatory 
                    checkboxes are not checked).'
    ])

[...]

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