addElement('text', 'add_show_name', array( 'label' => 'Name:', 'class' => 'input_text', 'required' => true, 'filters' => array('StringTrim'), 'validators' => array('NotEmpty') )); $nameLabel = $this->getElement('add_show_name'); $nameLabel->setDecorators(array(array('ViewScript', array( 'viewScript' => 'testform.phtml', 'class' => 'test template' )))); // Add the description element $this->addElement('textarea', 'add_show_description', array( 'label' => 'Description:', 'required' => false, 'class' => 'input_text_area' )); } }