[development] #just_before_validation ?

[Earl Dunovant]

Thank you.

On 5/20/06, Dave Cohen <drupal at dave-cohen.com> wrote:
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> Sent this from the wrong address originally...
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> Subject: Re: [development] #just_before_validation ?
> Date: Saturday 20 May 2006 14:30
> To: development at drupal.org
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> If you are defining the node type:
>
> in hook_form(), no need to set $form['title'].
>
> In yournodetype_node_form_submit($form_id, $form_values), do something
> like:
>
> $form_values['title'] = 'whatever you want';
> return node_form_submit($form_id, $form_values);
>
>
> If you're not defining the node type, you can probably remove the title in
> hook_form_alter, and do the same thing in the _submit().
>
> -Dave
>
> On Saturday 20 May 2006 01:16, Bèr Kessels wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for the following: I want to generate the title of a node
> from
> > content in that node.
> >
> > Hence I need to hook into the node submission on several places.
> >
> > First: hook_form_alter, to make the title field hidden
> > Then just *before* validation to capture the node content and fill a
> title.
> > So that all possible validation hooks can still run, but that the title
> has
> > a value.
> >
> > Any idea what kind of hook, or #callback I should be looking at?
> >
> > #validate is not a good option, since I think it is important to run all
> > the normal validations on that title field. But maybe the trick is to
> set
> > that #validate, and inside that callback function fill the title value
> and
> > then call all the validation hooks from there? I am personally not a fan
> of
> > using validation to cahnge values. Validation is for.... validation.
> >
> > Also important is, that this needs a POST, because I have to grab info
> from
> > that POSTed node.
> >
> > Bèr
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