Well, that's an interesting point, and negates my previous comment. Since I'm starting with $form[$var] = array( I won't have any artifacts from the original field, will I? So wouldn't the field then be composed of only those two parameters, #type and #value? That should be all it needs. Changed it to 'value' from 'hidden', unfortunately there was no side benefit of correcting it.

When I change it from $form[$var] = array( to $form[$var]['#type'] = etc. I no longer get the from, but get the error Only variables can be passed by reference

Jeff

On 6/28/2010 10:57 AM, Steve Ringwood wrote:

Whats the value of $var?

Because it's a CCK field you may need to use
$form[$var]['#type'] = 'hidden';
$form[$var]['#value'] = $nid;
to avoid clearing elements CCK expects to find.

(Side note: I would use 'value' instead of 'hidden')

Nevets