`radioButton()`

Description

Builds and returns a string containing a radio button form control based on the supplied objectName and property. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.

Function Syntax

radioButton(objectName, property [, association, position, tagValue, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, errorElement, errorClass ])

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`objectName`	`any`	Yes		The variable name of the object to build the form control for.
`property`	`string`	Yes		The name of the property to use in the form control.
`association`	`string`	No		The name of the association that the property is located on. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nesting, simply pass in a list to the nested object, and Wheels will figure it out.
`position`	`string`	No		The position used when referencing a `hasMany` relationship in the `association` argument. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nestings, simply pass in a list of positions, and Wheels will figure it out.
`tagValue`	`string`	Yes		The value of the radio button when `selected`.
`label`	`string`	No	`useDefaultLabel`	The label text to use in the form control.
`labelPlacement`	`string`	No	`around`	Whether to place the label `before`, `after`, or wrapped `around` the form control.
`prepend`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`append`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`prependToLabel`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control's `label`. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`appendToLabel`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control's `label`. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`errorElement`	`string`	No	`span`	HTML tag to wrap the form control with when the object contains errors.
`errorClass`	`string`	No	`fieldWithErrors`	The class name of the HTML tag that wraps the form control when there are errors.

Examples

<!--- Basic example view code --->
<cfoutput>
    <fieldset>
        <legend>Gender</legend>
        #radioButton(objectName="user", property="gender", tagValue="m", label="Male")#<br />
        #radioButton(objectName="user", property="gender", tagValue="f", label="Female")#
    </fieldset>
</cfoutput>

<!--- Shows radio buttons for selecting the genders for all committee members provided by the `members` association and nested properties --->
<cfoutput>
    <cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(committee.members)#" index="i">
        <div>
            <h3>#committee.members[i].fullName#:</h3>
            <div>
                #radioButton(objectName="committee", association="members", position=i, property="gender", tagValue="m", label="Male")#<br />
                #radioButton(objectName="committee", association="members", position=i, property="gender", tagValue="f", label="Female")#
            </div>
        </div>
    </cfloop>
</cfoutput>