Yet another change to perfect the getParentForm() method

modules/backend/classes/FormField.php

@@ -176,34 +176,18 @@ class FormField
      */
     public $preset;
 
-    /**
-     * @var object The parent object that contains this field
-     */
-    protected $parent = null;
-
     /**
      * Constructor.
      * @param string $fieldName The name of the field
      * @param string $label The label of the field
-     * @param object $parent The containing object instance, defaults to null
      */
-    public function __construct($fieldName, $label, $parent = null)
+    public function __construct($fieldName, $label)
     {
         $this->fieldName = $fieldName;
         $this->label = $label;
         $this->parent = $parent;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieve the parent object for the field
-     *
-     * @return object|null
-     */
-    public function getParent()
-    {
-        return $this->parent;
-    }
-
     /**
      * If this field belongs to a tab.
      */

modules/backend/classes/FormWidgetBase.php

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ abstract class FormWidgetBase extends WidgetBase
      */
     protected $formField;
 
+    /**
+     * @var Backend\Widgets\Form The parent form that contains this field
+     */
+    protected $parentForm = null;
+
     /**
      * @var string Form field name.
      */
@@ -79,12 +84,23 @@ abstract class FormWidgetBase extends WidgetBase
             'data',
             'sessionKey',
             'previewMode',
-            'showLabels'
+            'showLabels',
+            'parentForm',
         ]);
 
         parent::__construct($controller, $configuration);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the parent form for this formwidget
+     *
+     * @return Backend\Widgets\Form|null
+     */
+    public function getParentForm()
+    {
+        return $this->parentForm;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the HTML element field name for this widget, used for capturing
      * user input, passed back to the getSaveValue method when saving.

modules/backend/widgets/Form.php

@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
         $label = $config['label'] ?? null;
         list($fieldName, $fieldContext) = $this->getFieldName($name);
 
-        $field = new FormField($fieldName, $label, $this);
+        $field = new FormField($fieldName, $label);
 
         if ($fieldContext) {
             $field->context = $fieldContext;
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
         $widgetConfig->previewMode = $this->previewMode;
         $widgetConfig->model = $this->model;
         $widgetConfig->data = $this->data;
+        $widgetConfig->parentForm = $this;
 
         $widgetName = $widgetConfig->widget;
         $widgetClass = $this->widgetManager->resolveFormWidget($widgetName);