Drupal 6: Working with Hidden Fields

drupal-6

I am working on an issue i'm having with hooking a field, setting the default value, and making it hidden. The problem is that it is taking the default value, but only submitting the first character of the value to the database.

//Here is how I'm doing it
$form['field_sr_account'] = array( '#type' => 'hidden', '#value' => '45');

I suppose there is something wrong with the way that I have structured my array, but I can't seem to get it. I found a post, http://drupal.org/node/59660 , where someone found a solution to only the first character being submitted

//Here is the format of the solution to the post - but it's not hidden
$form['field_sr_account'][0]['#default_value']['value'] = '45';

How can I add the hidden attribute to this?

Best Answer

Have you tried using #default_value insted of #value?

Also if you're trying to pass some data to the submit that will not be changed in the form you should use http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer--topics--forms_api_reference.html#value .

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Since the field you are trying to change was originally using a select widget, CCK will be looking for $form_state['values']['field_sr_account'][0]['value']. By setting the field to a #hidden type and setting #value, you will get its value in $form_state['values']['field_sr_account']. CCK will try to access the first element of that and end up with the first character of the value.

Updated: The easiest way to achieve what you need would be to do something:

function addSR_form_service_request_node_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   if (arg(0) == 'user' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
    $account = arg(1);
    $club = 2589;
    // Use this property to store the value to restore back
    $form['#field_sr_account'] = $club;
    $form['field_sr_account'] = array( '#type' => 'hidden','#value' => $club);
   }
}

/*in your submit handler, restore the value in the proper format*/
$form_state['values']['field_sr_account'] = array('0' => array('value' => $form['#field_sr_account']));

Old Answer

One way of accomplishing what you are trying to do is to copy the whole $form['field_sr_account'] into $form['#field_sr_account'] and then provide the value through the SQL query in the right format in the submit handler itself.

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