Politics aside, I need to provide Kosovo as a form choice when selecting a country.
What's the most elegant way of doing this with Symfony's built-in form choice type country
, while also providing translations for the Kosovo name?
Here's what I've done so far and it works but I'm concerned this might be a bit hack-ish.
<?php
namespace Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Form\Type;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Intl\Intl;
class LocationType extends AbstractType
{
/**
* @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
* @param array $options
*/
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
// Kosovo is not listed as a choice provided by the method call
// `Symfony\Component\Intl\Intl::getRegionBundle()->getCountryNames()`
// although it is mostly recognized as in independent state, including by Google Maps.
// This is because no ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code as been assigned to that country.
// However, a temporary code 'XK' is available.
$countries = Intl::getRegionBundle()->getCountryNames();
$countries['XK'] = "Kosovo";
$builder
->add('country', 'country', array(
'choices' => $countries,
'preferred_choices' => array(
'XK', // Kosovo
'AL', // Albania
'MK', // Macedonia
'ME', // Montenegro
'GB', // United Kingdom
'US', // United States
),
))
->add('district', 'text', array('required' => false))
->add('town', 'text', array('required' => false))
;
}
}