Symfony2: Passing options to buildForm
There is no need to create an additional param, just use options to pass custom data. In the following example, I made age attribute mandatory, you could have it optional or specify default value. Read more about OptionsResolver here
class ExampleType extends AbstractType{ public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options) { var_dump($options['age']); } public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver) { $resolver->setRequired(array( 'age' )); }}Create:
$form = $this->get('form.factory')->create(new ExampleType(), $entry, array( 'age' => 13));