Re: QuickForm 'static' element suggestion

Hello Jeff Schmidt wrote: > I have a page, where I want to be able to pass some data through a > quickform. That is, I want the data to be part of the QuickForm, > even be able to display it to the user, but have it be immutable. > I thought that the 'static' element type would be perfect. It does > indeed allow me to display the data to the user without the user > being able to modify it. However, it isn't available to me when I > go to process the form! > > That may be how it was designed, but might I suggest that you guys > modify it so that the value associated with that static element be > saved with the rest of the values for the form? Why don't u just freeze the values? $el=$form->getElement('elementname'); $el->freeze(); This way you get exactly what you want ... (a hidden element and a static one) I think static is designed to create independant html without any function (at least that's how I use it). static goes (not like 'html') through the standard template engines ... regards Daniel - who would whish that this would be a real newsgroup so that people could be flamed for writing mails like yours ... As it is not I probably have to accept your absolutely superfluent signature and your strange intending ...