Re: HTML:QuickForm: Setting default values in grouped elements

On 7/19/05, Bhinderwala, Shoeb <SBhinderwala@wellington.com> wrote: > Along with other elements on my HTML QuickForm for member registration, > I have a group of elements to display phone number area code, exchange > and last 4 digits. > > I am loading a member record from the database and populate the form > with default values from the database. However, I am not sure how to > populate the group of elements that display the phone number details. > > Here is the code that creates the group: > > $phone_areacode_elem = &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', > 'phone_areacode', null, array('size' => 3, 'maxlength' => > 3)); > $phone_exchange_elem = > &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text','phone_exchange', null, > array('size' => 3, 'maxlength' => 3)); > $phone_last4_elem = > &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text','phone_last4', > null, array('size' => 4, 'maxlength' => 4)); > $phone[] = $phone_areacode_elem; > $phone[] = $phone_exchange_elem; > $phone[] = $phone_last4_elem; setValue isn't working below because you're making copies of the elements in the $phone array. Use =& here as well. However.... > $form->addGroup($phone, 'phone', 'Phone: ', '-'); > > Here is the code to set default values in the form: > > //get default values from database > $member_rec = get_member_record($_SESSION['email']); > $form->setDefaults($member_rec); > > //set default values for elements in the phone group > $phone_areacode_elem->setValue($member_rec['phone_areacode']); > $phone_exchange_elem->setValue($member_rec['phone_exchange']); > $phone_last4_elem->setValue($member_rec['phone_last4']); > setValue really isn't the correct call if your'e setting defaults. You should be using $form->setDefaults(). -- Justin Patrin