[support] More D7 form woes

[Jamie Holly]

Instead of doing that, why not just create a custom format filter and do 
the changes then? That also gives the benefit of being resuable on any 
other place you might need it in the future, like blocks, plus can 
easily be modified, undone, whatever by changing the code, since the 
final markup is cached and the original kept in tact.

Jamie Holly
http://hollyit.net

On 2/17/2015 4:06 PM, Jeff Greenberg wrote:
> So, my last messages were about needing to create and populate 
> checkboxes based on values determined during the form validation 
> process. This ended up working by:
> 1. Creating the fields in hook_form_alter
> 2. Storing the option values as an array during validation in 
> $form_state['storage']
> 3. Checking in hook_form_alter for $form_state[storage], and if 
> present, setting the field's options to the stored array
>
> I also need to massage the body value during validation, basically to 
> convert some strings to links. I tried the same method as above, which 
> didn't work, with the problem being that 
>  $form[body][LANGUAGE_NONE][0] contains a large meta array, so I 
> wasn't sure what to do with the value.
>
> I tried setting the value in form_state[values] during validation, but 
> at the end of validation at this point in the flow I set rebuild=true, 
> which ends up using the values that were present when the form was 
> submitted (thus overwriting my change) ... which is why I ended up 
> doing the other fields in hook_form_alter instead.
>
> I then tried using form_set_value in validate. Two issues there. One 
> is that passing $form[body] as the element doesn't work, I think, 
> because I end up with $form_state[values][body] having a value instead 
> of it being in form_state[values][body][LANGUAGE_NONE][0], and, I 
> think, because of rebuild=true being set, which causes the change by 
> form_set_value to be overwritten with the value that was there when 
> submit was clicked.
>
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