[support] D6 form submit (not), cache, double redirect back and reload from cache?

[Carl Wiedemann]

This message might be better for the development list rather than the
support list.

Would crafting the entire form as a single multi-step work for you? Consider
this example:
http://www.benjeavons.com/multi-step-forms-drupal-6-using-variable-functions

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Doug <doug.duboulay at gmail.com> wrote:

> Writing a D6 module.
> I'm trying to build a lengthy form, where at some point, towards
> the bottom of the form, it would be nice to
> (1) optionally hit an 'incomplete'/branch submit handler,
> (2) cache the interim curent form state,
> (3) double redirect to a new form (create submit ) etc
> (4) bounce back to the original (with second redirect),
> (5) reload interim state from the cache,
> (6) amend with new details gleaned from the intermediate/branch form,
> (7) finally proceed to the "complete" form submit handler of original form
>
> Currently I can double redirect to a second form, but on bounce back,
> all the original details are lost, which is really unintuitive to
> the user, who thinks they've already filled out that part.
>
> I guess I need to do something like this:
>
> function mymodule_interim_submit($form, &$form_state) {
>  $form_build_id = $form_state['values]['form_build_id'];
>  unset($form_state['submitted']);
>  unset($form_state['storage']);  // $form_state['rebuild'] = FALSE;
>  $form_state['saved']= $form_state['values];
>  $form_state['redirect'] = array (   // double redirect
>     'mymodule/intermediate_form',
>     'mymodule/this_form/' . $form_build_id
>  );
> }
>
> But I don't know if thats sufficient to preserve the interim state
> of the form, or will it still be deleted from the cache after
> the interim_submit completes, or ...(barking up wrong tree)?
>
> thanks
> Doug
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