Re: QuickForm: How to set a form variable without setDefaults()?

<M.Kaening@osram.de> wrote : > Hi, > > how do I properly set a form variable without setDefaults()? Suppose I > process a previously submitted form and before validation I want to change > the contents of a (e.g. hidden) variable. How to do that? I know there is > the setValue() method, but it's not implemented for a lot of element > classes. Is there a proper way to achieve that without rewriting all the > necessary setValue() methods? Hi, - Submitted values override default values. - HTML_QuickForm_Element extends HTML_Common which has a updateAttributes() method. - Input type elements extend HTML_QuickForm_Input which has a setValue() method. - Hidden element values can be set using addElement('hidden', 'myhidden', 'my value') > Looks like I still haven't understood the way this form lib works. Up to > now I used phplib's oohforms together with phplib's template, but wanted > to give PEAR a chance... I am awaiting the new release of QuickForm with > integrated templates (ITX), but thought I might try as well the current > status. Who knows, I hope there will be a seamless transition also of the > API with the next template-containing QF release... > > Marko Bertrand Mansion Mamasam