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