refactor(forms): centralize end user input name

ajax/form/answer.php

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 use Glpi\Form\AnswersHandler\AnswersHandler;
+use Glpi\Form\EndUserInputNameProvider;
 use Glpi\Form\Form;
 use Glpi\Http\Response;
 
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@
     Response::sendError(404, __('Form not found'));
 }
 
-// Validate answers parameter
-$answers = $_POST['answers'] ?? [];
-if (!is_array($answers) || empty($answers)) {
+// Validate the 'answers' parameter by filtering and reindexing the $_POST array.
+$answers = (new EndUserInputNameProvider())->getAnswers($_POST);
+if (empty($answers)) {
     Response::sendError(400, __('Invalid answers'));
 }
 

src/Form/EndUserInputNameProvider.php

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * GLPI - Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique
+ *
+ * http://glpi-project.org
+ *
+ * @copyright 2015-2024 Teclib' and contributors.
+ * @copyright 2003-2014 by the INDEPNET Development Team.
+ * @licence   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * LICENSE
+ *
+ * This file is part of GLPI.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+namespace Glpi\Form;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to provide the end user input name
+ */
+final class EndUserInputNameProvider
+{
+    public const END_USER_INPUT_NAME = 'answers_%d';
+    public const END_USER_INPUT_NAME_REGEX = '/^_?answers_(\d+)$/';
+
+    /**
+     * Get the end user input name for a given question
+     *
+     * @param Question $question
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getEndUserInputName(Question $question): string
+    {
+        return sprintf(self::END_USER_INPUT_NAME, $question->getID());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the answers submitted by the end user
+     * The answers are indexed by question ID
+     *
+     * @param array $inputs The inputs submitted by the end user
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getAnswers(array $inputs): array
+    {
+        $filteredAnswers = self::filterAnswers($inputs);
+        $reindexedAnswers = self::reindexAnswers($filteredAnswers);
+
+        return $reindexedAnswers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Filter the answers submitted by the end user
+     * Only the answers that match the end user input name pattern are kept
+     *
+     * @param array $answers
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function filterAnswers(array $answers): array
+    {
+        return array_filter(
+            $answers,
+            function ($key) {
+                return preg_match(self::END_USER_INPUT_NAME_REGEX, $key);
+            },
+            ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex the answers submitted by the end user
+     * The answers are indexed by question ID
+     *
+     * @param array $answers
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function reindexAnswers(array $answers): array
+    {
+        return array_reduce(
+            array_keys($answers),
+            function ($carry, $key) use ($answers) {
+                $question_id = (int) preg_replace(self::END_USER_INPUT_NAME_REGEX, '$1', $key);
+                $carry[$question_id] = $answers[$key];
+                return $carry;
+            },
+            []
+        );
+    }
+}

src/Form/Question.php

@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ protected function getForm(): Form
         return $this->getItem()->getItem();
     }
 
+    public function getEndUserInputName(): string
+    {
+        return (new EndUserInputNameProvider())->getEndUserInputName($this);
+    }
+
     public function prepareInputForAdd($input)
     {
         $this->prepareInput($input);

src/Form/QuestionType/AbstractQuestionTypeActors.php

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(Question $question): string
         {% import 'components/form/fields_macros.html.twig' as fields %}
 
         {% set actors_dropdown = call('Glpi\\\\Form\\\\Dropdown\\\\FormActorsDropdown::show', [
-            'answers[' ~ question.fields.id ~ ']',
+            question.getEndUserInputName(),
             value,
             {
                 'multiple': is_multiple_actors,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(Question $question): string
         ]) %}
 
         {{ fields.htmlField(
-            'answers[' ~ question.fields.id ~ ']',
+            question.getEndUserInputName(),
             actors_dropdown,
             '',
             {

src/Form/QuestionType/AbstractQuestionTypeShortAnswer.php

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(
             <input
                 type="{{ input_type|e('html_attr') }}"
                 class="form-control"
-                name="answers[{{ question.fields.id|e('html_attr') }}]"
+                name="{{ question.getEndUserInputName() }}"
                 value="{{ question.fields.default_value|e('html_attr') }}"
                 {{ question.fields.is_mandatory ? 'required' : '' }}
             >

src/Form/QuestionType/QuestionTypeDateTime.php

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(
             <input
                 type="{{ input_type|e('html_attr') }}"
                 class="form-control"
-                name="answers[{{ question.fields.id|e('html_attr') }}]"
+                name="{{ question.getEndUserInputName() }}"
                 value="{{ default_value|e('html_attr') }}"
                 {{ question.fields.is_mandatory ? 'required' : '' }}
             >

src/Form/QuestionType/QuestionTypeLongText.php

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(Question $question): string
             {% import 'components/form/fields_macros.html.twig' as fields %}
 
             {{ fields.textareaField(
-                "answers[" ~ question.fields.id ~ "]",
+                question.getEndUserInputName(),
                 question.fields.default_value,
                 "",
                 {

src/Form/QuestionType/QuestionTypeUrgency.php

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function renderEndUserTemplate(Question $question): string
         {% import 'components/form/fields_macros.html.twig' as fields %}
 
         {{ fields.dropdownArrayField(
-            'answers[' ~ question.fields.id ~ ']',
+            question.getEndUserInputName(),
             value,
             urgency_levels,
             '',

tests/functional/Glpi/Form/EndUserInputNameProvider.php

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * GLPI - Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique
+ *
+ * http://glpi-project.org
+ *
+ * @copyright 2015-2024 Teclib' and contributors.
+ * @copyright 2003-2014 by the INDEPNET Development Team.
+ * @licence   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * LICENSE
+ *
+ * This file is part of GLPI.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+namespace tests\units\Glpi\Form;
+
+use DbTestCase;
+use Glpi\Form\QuestionType\QuestionTypeShortText;
+use Glpi\Tests\FormBuilder;
+use Glpi\Tests\FormTesterTrait;
+
+class EndUserInputNameProvider extends DbTestCase
+{
+    use FormTesterTrait;
+
+    public function testGetEndUserInputName()
+    {
+        // Create a new form
+        $form = $this->createForm(
+            (new FormBuilder())
+                ->addQuestion('Name', QuestionTypeShortText::class)
+        );
+
+        // Check that the end user input name contains the question ID
+        // and if the regex match with the generated end user input name
+        foreach ($form->getQuestions() as $question) {
+            $this->string($question->getEndUserInputName())
+                ->contains($question->getID())
+                ->match(\Glpi\Form\EndUserInputNameProvider::END_USER_INPUT_NAME_REGEX);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAnswers()
+    {
+        // Create a new form
+        $form = $this->createForm(
+            (new FormBuilder())
+                ->addQuestion('Name', QuestionTypeShortText::class)
+                ->addQuestion('Email', QuestionTypeShortText::class)
+        );
+
+        // Generate the answers
+        $inputs = [
+            $form->getQuestions()[array_keys($form->getQuestions())[0]]->getEndUserInputName() => 'John Doe',
+            $form->getQuestions()[array_keys($form->getQuestions())[1]]->getEndUserInputName() => 'john.doe@mail.mail',
+            'invalid_input' => 'invalid_value',
+        ];
+
+        // Check that the answers are correctly indexed by question ID
+        $this->array((new \Glpi\Form\EndUserInputNameProvider())->getAnswers($inputs))
+            ->hasSize(2)
+            ->isEqualTo([
+                $form->getQuestions()[array_keys($form->getQuestions())[0]]->getID() => 'John Doe',
+                $form->getQuestions()[array_keys($form->getQuestions())[1]]->getID() => 'john.doe@mail.mail',
+            ]);
+    }
+}