form_execute_handlers

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Definition

form_execute_handlers($type, &$form, &$form_state)
includes/form.inc, line 740

Description

A helper function used to execute custom validation and submission handlers for a given form. Button-specific handlers are checked first. If none exist, the function falls back to form-level handlers.

Parameters

$type The type of handler to execute. 'validate' or 'submit' are the defaults used by Form API.

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

$form_state A keyed array containing the current state of the form. If the user submitted the form by clicking a button with custom handler functions defined, those handlers will be stored here.

Related topics

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

Code

<?php
function form_execute_handlers($type, &$form, &$form_state) {
  $return = FALSE;
  if (isset($form_state[$type . '_handlers'])) {
    $handlers = $form_state[$type . '_handlers'];
  }
  elseif (isset($form['#' . $type])) {
    $handlers = $form['#' . $type];
  }
  else {
    $handlers = array();
  }

  foreach ($handlers as $function) {
    if (drupal_function_exists($function))  {
      if ($type == 'submit' && ($batch =& batch_get())) {
        // Some previous _submit handler has set a batch. We store the call
        // in a special 'control' batch set, for execution at the correct
        // time during the batch processing workflow.
        $batch['sets'][] = array('form_submit' => $function);
      }
      else {
        $function($form, $form_state);
      }
      $return = TRUE;
    }
  }
  return $return;
}
?>