Drupal Course 2013 - Form API
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This document discusses the Drupal Form API, which allows developers to generate HTML forms, handle form submission and validation, and integrate forms with other Drupal APIs and modules. It provides examples of how to build forms using hooks like hook_menu and form elements, handle validation and submission, and alter existing forms with hook_form_alter. The document recommends resources like the Form API reference documentation and Examples module to learn more about building forms with the API.
Drupal Course 2013 - Form API
- 1. Form API Attila Cs. Nagy March 14, 2013 Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 2. HTML form tag Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 3. form tag • <input> • <textarea> • <button> • <select> • <option> • ... Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 4. Why are we loving APIs? Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 5. API • Reusability • Standard solutions • Encapsulation • Connection point Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 6. hook system Tuesday, March 26, 13
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- 8. module foo Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 9. module foo hook_bar Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 10. module foo function foo_bar() { hook_bar Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 11. Form API http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer%21topics %21forms_api_reference.html/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 12. Form API • Generate HTML • Handle security issues • Validation • Ajax • States Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 13. Form API Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 14. Examples module form_example http://drupal.org/project/examples Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 15. How does it work? Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 16. hook_menu http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system %21system.api.php/function/hook_menu/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 17. drupal_get_form($form_id); http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21form.inc/ function/drupal_get_form/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
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- 21. Validation $form_id_validate($form, &$form_state) { Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 23. submit handling Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 24. $form_id_submit($form, &$form_state) { Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 25. hook_form_alter http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system %21system.api.php/function/hook_form_alter/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 26. States API http://api.drupal.org/api/examples/form_example %21form_example_states.inc/function/ Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 27. system_settings_form http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system! system.module/function/system_settings_form/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
- 28. hook_element_info http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system %21system.api.php/function/hook_element_info/7 Tuesday, March 26, 13
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