Cakephp 3 input auto label

Question

I have a code in my indext.ctp:

<?php echo $this->Form->input('full_name'); ?>

It gives me

Label is named Full Name my target is Full name

I know i can use:

<?php echo $this->Form->input('full_name', ['label'=>'Full name']); ?>

My question is: Can i do it globaly? Somehow override ucwords(); using in auto generating labels to ucfirst(); ?

Answer 1

Cakephp generate the label text (when not provided) here

It uses Inflector::Humanize() (see the manual)

I guess you can override the default helper (remember that input() is deprecated and you should use control() instead)

class MyFormHelper extends FormHelper
{

    public function control($fieldName, array $options = [])
    {
        if(!isset($options['label']))
            $options['label'] = // you own code here;
        return parent::control($fieldName, $options);
    }
}

then in your AppView.php initialize() you load your helper

$this->loadHelper('Form', [
    'className' => 'MyForm',
]);

So when you want to define a custom label you use the 'label' option

<?php echo $this->Form->input('full_name', ['label'=>'Insert the full name here']); ?>

Instead if you don't set the 'label' option

<?php echo $this->Form->input('full_name'); ?>

the helper will use your logic

I tested the behavior and it works in my forms