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sfWidgetFormInputCheckbox unchecked bug

Ever tried to create a Symfony form with a check box input field, which by default should be unchecked ? No ? Well read on because it's not that easy .

This would be the code to print a check box input field in a Symfony form:

class CheckboxForm extends BaseCheckboxForm {
 public function configure() {
 $this->widgetSchema['field'] = new sfWidgetFormInputCheckbox();
 }
}

When you use the form to create something then by default the check box should be unchecked. And when you use this form for editing, then the check box should be checked if the object you try to edit has already been checked in the past.

If you try this code, you'll see that the check box will always be checked. Even if you display this form to create a new object. Strange no ?