drupal_prepare_form

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Definition

drupal_prepare_form($form_id, &$form, &$form_state)
includes/form.inc, line 463

Description

Prepares a structured form array by adding required elements, executing any hook_form_alter functions, and optionally inserting a validation token to prevent tampering.

Parameters

$form_id A unique string identifying the form for validation, submission, theming, and hook_form_alter functions.

$form An associative array containing the structure of the form.

$form_state A keyed array containing the current state of the form. Passed in here so that hook_form_alter() calls can use it, as well.

Related topics

Name	Description
Form generation	Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.

Code

<?php
function drupal_prepare_form($form_id, &$form, &$form_state) {
  global $user;

  $form['#type'] = 'form';
  $form['#programmed'] = isset($form['#post']);

  if (isset($form['#build_id'])) {
    $form['form_build_id'] = array(
      '#type' => 'hidden',
      '#value' => $form['#build_id'],
      '#id' => $form['#build_id'],
      '#name' => 'form_build_id',
    );
  }

  // Add a token, based on either #token or form_id, to any form displayed to
  // authenticated users. This ensures that any submitted form was actually
  // requested previously by the user and protects against cross site request
  // forgeries.
  if (isset($form['#token'])) {
    if ($form['#token'] === FALSE || $user->uid == 0 || $form['#programmed']) {
      unset($form['#token']);
    }
    else {
      $form['form_token'] = array('#type' => 'token', '#default_value' => drupal_get_token($form['#token']));
    }
  }
  else if (isset($user->uid) && $user->uid && !$form['#programmed']) {
    $form['#token'] = $form_id;
    $form['form_token'] = array(
      '#id' => form_clean_id('edit-'. $form_id .'-form-token'),
      '#type' => 'token',
      '#default_value' => drupal_get_token($form['#token']),
    );
  }

  if (isset($form_id)) {
    $form['form_id'] = array(
      '#type' => 'hidden',
      '#value' => $form_id,
      '#id' => form_clean_id("edit-$form_id"),
    );
  }
  if (!isset($form['#id'])) {
    $form['#id'] = form_clean_id($form_id);
  }

  $form += _element_info('form');

  if (!isset($form['#validate'])) {
    if (function_exists($form_id .'_validate')) {
      $form['#validate'] = array($form_id .'_validate');
    }
  }

  if (!isset($form['#submit'])) {
    if (function_exists($form_id .'_submit')) {
      // We set submit here so that it can be altered.
      $form['#submit'] = array($form_id .'_submit');
    }
  }

  // Normally, we would call drupal_alter($form_id, $form, $form_state).
  // However, drupal_alter() normally supports just one byref parameter. Using
  // the __drupal_alter_by_ref key, we can store any additional parameters
  // that need to be altered, and they'll be split out into additional params
  // for the hook_form_alter() implementations.
  // @todo: Remove this in Drupal 7.
  $data = &$form;
  $data['__drupal_alter_by_ref'] = array(&$form_state);
  drupal_alter('form_'. $form_id, $data);

  // __drupal_alter_by_ref is unset in the drupal_alter() function, we need
  // to repopulate it to ensure both calls get the data.
  $data['__drupal_alter_by_ref'] = array(&$form_state);
  drupal_alter('form', $data, $form_id);
}
?>