[development] Forms API II: Return of the Chx (you really need to read this)

[Stefan Borchert]

Adrian Rossouw schrieb:
> On 8/18/06, Jeff Eaton <jeff at viapositiva.net> wrote:
>   
>> function mymodule_create_user() {
>>   // register a new user
>>   $form = drupal_retrieve_form('user_register');
>>   $form['#post']['edit']['name'] = 'robo-user';
>>   $form['#post']['edit']['mail'] = 'robouser at example.com'<%27robouser at example.com%27>
>> ;
>>   $form['#post']['edit']['pass'] = 'password';
>>   drupal_process_form('user_register', $form);
> This is awesome, but do we really need the '[#post']['edit'] for every
> element?
>
> for shorthand, couldn't we just do
>
> $edit = drupal_retrieve_post('user_register');
> $edit['name'] = 'robo-user';
> $edit['mail'] = 'something';
> $edit['pass'] = 'blah';
> drupal_process_form('user_register', $edit);
>
> You could have this as a wrapper of the functionality you mentioned above
> even.
>   

Hm, what about "GET"? Don't know, when I would use it, but perhaps...
One could use your suggestion as a shorthand for 
$form['#*post*']['edit'] and if "GET" is needed you have to use the long 
version ($form['#get']['somethingtoset']). Or is this to much magic?