form_item

Format a general form item.

Parameters

$title: The label for the form item.

$value: The contents of the form item.

$description: Explanatory text to display after the form item.

$id: A unique identifier for the form item.

$required: Whether the user must fill in this form element before submitting the form.

$error: An error message to display alongside the form element.

Return value

A themed HTML string representing the form item.

Related topics

Input validation

Functions to validate user input.

Form generation

Functions to enable output of HTML forms and form elements.

16 calls to form_item()

File

includes/common.inc, line 1054

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function form_item($title, $value, $description = NULL, $id = NULL, $required = FALSE, $error = FALSE) {
  return theme('form_element', $title, $value, $description, $id, $required, $error);
}