How to re-use forms with some fields left out in Symfony2
I think the best solution is to create a base abstract Type and let your Types extend it. Here's a short example:
namespace Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Form\Type;use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;abstract FooBaseType extends AbstractType{ public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options) { // Add all fields common for your other types. }}Now you can just extend it an include the missing fields
namespace Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Form\Type;class ExampleType extends FooBaseType{ public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options) { parent::buildForm($builder, $options); // Your missing fields }}
see this github pull request: https://github.com/symfony/symfony-docs/pull/765
it seems to be exactly what you are looking for.