form.md

Form

This bundle provides a MeiliSearchChoiceType that allows to display a dropdown filled with the result of a search in the MeiliSearch API.

Here's how to use it:

<?php

use MeiliSearchBundle\Form\Type\MeiliSearchChoiceType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;

final class FooType extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder,array $options)
    {
        $builder
            // Other fields
            ->add('posts', MeiliSearchChoiceType::class, [
                'index' => 'posts',
                'query' => 'bar',
                'attribute_to_display' => 'title',
            ])
        ;
    }
}

The important options are index, query and attribute_to_display, here's the role of each:

• index: Define the index where the document should be searched.

• query: Define the search that should be performed.

• attribute_to_display: Define the attribute that should be displayed.

Note:

• There's a fourth attribute attributes_to_retrieve that allow to filter the retrieved fields of each document.

• This form uses the CallbackChoiceLoader, this way, the form can query choices thanks to lazy-loading, more info on the official documentation.