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Expand Up @@ -396,10 +396,19 @@ given text. This method is especially useful because you can use it to return
a :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Form` object that represents the
form that the button lives in::

$form = $crawler->selectButton('validate')->form();
// button example: <button id="my-super-button" type="submit">My super button</button>

// you can get button my its name
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Actually, we are talking about its label, aren't we?

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Yes. You are correct. User can think about the name attribute :)

$form = $crawler->selectButton('My super button')->form();

// or by button id (#my-super-button) if button doesn't have a name
$form = $crawler->selectButton('my-super-button')->form();

// or you can filter whole form, for example a form has a class attribute: <form class="form-vertical" method="POST">
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[...] filter the whole [...]

$crawler->filter('.form-vertical')->form();
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What does this mean exactly? Is the .form-vertical element around the form - so we're looking at a form element inside of it?


// or "fill" the form fields with data
$form = $crawler->selectButton('validate')->form(array(
$form = $crawler->selectButton('my-super-button')->form(array(
'name' => 'Ryan',
));

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