[development] submitting and processing a form!

[Neil Drumm]

Augustin (Beginner) wrote:
> I thought I grocked the new form API, but I have just been pulling my hair 
> trying to do something that I thought would be fairly easy.
> I guess I still deserve my handle 'beginner' :/ .
> 
> In the code below, I create a hook_menu() callback to the function formtest() 
> with a form.
> I want to be able to print some information according to the form that has 
> just been submitted (here, a simple text string), then reprint the form below 
> that.
> I know that $_POST['op'] is set when I submit (and the process die()s when I 
> uncomment that line), but I can't get the information submitted to be 
> displayed above the form.
> 
> I have tried using the function formtest_submit() but returning a value there 
> doesn't get the expected result (it seems it's a path callback).

That is exactly right. I always use this to send the user's browser to a
path with all of the search terms in the URL. For example, search.module
sends people to .../type/search+query. The following request will be a GET.

Then a page can be served in the usual way, not needing to worry about
$_POST. arg(n), hook_menu()'s callback arguments, and/or automatically
passed callback arguments may be used.

And the resulting page is bookmark-able.

(or you can return either NULL or FALSE, I forget which, from
formtest_submit() and turn off redirection and use $_POST wherever you
need it)

-- 
Neil Drumm
http://delocalizedham.com/