gistfile1.php

<?php

namespace Acme\DemoBundle\EventSubscriber;

use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvents;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvent;

/**
 * Changes Form->submit() behavior so that it treats not set values as if they
 * were sent unchanged.
 *
 * Use when you don't want fields to be set to NULL when they are not displayed
 * on the page (or to implement PUT/PATCH requests).
 * @link https://gist.github.com/makasim/3720535 for more information
 */
class PatchSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
{
    public function onPreSubmit(FormEvent $event)
    {
        $form = $event->getForm();
        $clientData = $event->getData();
        $clientData = array_replace($this->prepareData($form), $clientData ?: array());
        $event->setData($clientData);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the form's data like $form->submit() expects it
     */
    protected function prepareData($form)
    {
        if ($form->count()) {
            $data = array();
            foreach ($form->all() as $name => $child) {
                $data[$name] = $this->prepareData($child);
            }
            return $data;
        } else {
            return $form->getViewData();
        }
    }

    static public function getSubscribedEvents()
    {
        return array(
            FormEvents::PRE_SUBMIT => 'onPreSubmit',
        );
    }
}