Thanks Ken & Nancy - I'm now wondering how I've been writing modules for almost a year without realising the whole $node object is available from $form =).<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/12 Ken Rickard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agentrickard@gmail.com">agentrickard@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Check $form[#node]->type. If not empty, use that string. </div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>
- Ken<br><br><div><br></div></div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Dec 12, 2009, at 2:47 PM, James Benstead <<a href="mailto:james.benstead@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.benstead@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm writing a module that adds a field to the create/edit forms for nodes of certain types - the actual types can be chosen by the user. There are loads of ways to identify the type of the current node from within hook_form_alter(), but is there an accepted standard way to do it?<div>
<br></div><div>If I use $form['type']['#value'] I get "Notice: Undefined variable" warnings as my local server's error reporting is very verbose. I know I could change the error reporting level, but surely it's better practice to try and kill the bug?</div>
<div><br></div><div>And if I use $form_id I have to use nodetype_node_form and convert it to nodetype - and, as an aside, I can't find a PHP function to do this cleanly.</div><div><br></div><div>So, what's the accepted way to do this?<br clear="all">
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