Amazon Store has to do this:

function amazon_store_forms($form_id) {
  $args = func_get_args();
  $forms = array();
  if (strpos($form_id, 'amazon_store_addcart_form') === 0) {
    $forms[$form_id] = array(
        'callback' => 'amazon_store_addcart_form',
        'callback arguments' => $args[1],
    );
  }
  if (strpos($form_id, '_amazon_store_cart_quantity_form') === 0) {
    $forms[$form_id] = array(
        'callback' => '_amazon_store_cart_quantity_form',
        'callback arguments' => $args[1],
    );
  }
  return $forms;
}


Then instead of just drupal_get_form('form_id'), you have to do drupal_get_form('form_id_plus_key'), if I remember right.

-Randy

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Greg Knaddison <Greg@growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Hans Langouche
<hans.langouche@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a small admin form (2 buttons and a hidden value) that is repeated
> multiple times (each time the value is different).
>
> Now whenever I access $form_state['values'] from the submit function, the
> hidden value always returns the data from the first form.  When I print out
> $_POST directly I do get the correct data.
>
> I've been searching this and it seems this is because the form_state is
> cached.  I couldn't find any workaround though, so for the moment working
> with $_POST.  Anyone know the correct way to do this ?

I ran into this a while ago myself. You have to do a little trickery
with the form_id value so that each form on the page has a unique ID.
If the forms are for users then maybe the UID will work. If they are
for node teasers maybe the node ID. Then you create a hook_forms value
that gets called and resets the callback to be a specific general
function.

See http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_forms and perhaps some of
the modules which use it like fivestar.module and
notifications_ui.module (I think that one does...one of the
notifications/messaging modules does).

Please ask if you need more advice - it's a tricky problem to resolve
that cost me more time than I'd like to admit.

Regards,
Greg

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