Re: More D7 form woes

Jeff Greenberg <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:23:45 -0500
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Dave, beautiful! Thanks for the secret sauce. I kept telling myself, "it's o=
nly a html form..."



> On Feb 18, 2015, at 11:13, Metzler, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Sounds like you got it, but it looks like you were struggling with changin=
g values on validation, which I=E2=80=99ve struggled with before so I though=
t I=E2=80=99d let you know the secret sauce.  It=E2=80=99s the $form_state[=E2=
=80=98input=E2=80=99] that people usually miss.
> =20
> When changing the values in a validation handler or form rebuilding functi=
on do the following:
> 1.)    Change the #default value in the form:
> 2.)    Change the corresponding $form_state[=E2=80=98values=E2=80=99] elem=
ent
> 3.)    Change the $form_state[=E2=80=98input=E2=80=99] element for the sam=
e value.
> =20
> I usually do this in one statement like:
> =20
> $form[=E2=80=98myfield=E2=80=99][=E2=80=98#default_value=E2=80=99] =3D $fo=
rm_state[=E2=80=98values=E2=80=99][=E2=80=98myfield=E2=80=99] =3D $form_stat=
e[=E2=80=98input=E2=80=99][=E2=80=98my_field=E2=80=99] =3D $foo;
> =20
> Dave
>=20

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 sauce. I kept telling myself, "it's only a html form..."<br><br><br></div><=
div><br>On Feb 18, 2015, at 11:13, Metzler, David &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:metz=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><bloc=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Sounds like you got it, but=
 it looks like you were struggling with changing values on validation, which=
 I=E2=80=99ve struggled with before so I thought I=E2=80=99d let you
 know the secret sauce. &nbsp;It=E2=80=99s the $form_state[=E2=80=98input=E2=
=80=99] that people usually miss. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fami=
ly:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Change the #def=
ault value in the form:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1=
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p;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fami=
ly:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Change the corr=
esponding $form_state[=E2=80=98values=E2=80=99] element
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1=
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p;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fami=
ly:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Change the $for=
m_state[=E2=80=98input=E2=80=99] element for the same value.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p=
>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I usually do this in one st=
atement like:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p=
>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">$form[=E2=80=98myfield=E2=80=
=99][=E2=80=98#default_value=E2=80=99] =3D $form_state[=E2=80=98values=E2=80=
=99][=E2=80=98myfield=E2=80=99] =3D $form_state[=E2=80=98input=E2=80=99][=E2=
=80=98my_field=E2=80=99] =3D $foo;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
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>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p></div></blockquote></body></html>=

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