[support] Form Doubt

Hi All As per form quickstart guide, forms can have #type as 'values'.

Example:

<?php $form['foo'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => 'bar') ?>

Later point of time, we can retreive the value as $form_state['values']['foo'], and value retreived should be 'bar'.

In my module hook_form api, I have added

$form['companies'] = array( '#type' => 'value', '#value' => '1', ); In hook_form_alter, I want to get the value of $form_state['values']['companies'] and increment $form_state['values']['companies'] by 1. Is this allowed or Drupal has any restriction.

When I access the value of $form_state['values']['companies'], it just gives me empty value ('').

What could be problem here?

Regards Austin