Re: quickform auto form population

<mikeatwork@ukonline.co.uk> wrote : > I thought i was going bonkers this afternoon with something which seems to be > a > feature of Quickform! > > I have a number of pages containing Quickforms which represent a linked > process. > each form has a hidden variable called "func" with an associated value. > > when a quickform is submitted its action points straight to the next form.. > this > bypasses any server-side validation by quickform. > > on the next page i then define a quickform which also has a hidden variable > called "func" but a different value is associated with this one. > > i've spent about 3 hours debugging everything trying to work out why my 2nd > page > seems to have a hidden "func" with the value of the first page still!? > > turns out i think its the feature of quickform to auto populate a form field > if > it finds the value somehow. > > how can i override this quickform feature? I'm defining my hidden variables > using: > $form->addElement('hidden', 'func', > 'Front::application->checkCodeKeyValid'); > which i thought would be enough to force a value to them, ignoring any > assistance by quickform to auto-populate fields. > > how do i stop, or get around this problem? Did you try setConstants(array('func' => 'Front::application->checkCodeKeyValid')); ? Bertrand Mansion Mamasam