hook_form

Definition

hook_form(&$node, &$param)
developer/hooks/node.php, line 228

Description

Display a node editing form.

This hook, implemented by node modules, is called to retrieve the form that is displayed when one attempts to "create/edit" an item. This form is displayed at the URI http://www.example.com/?q=node/<add|edit>/nodetype.

The submit and preview buttons, taxonomy controls, and administrative accoutrements are displayed automatically by node.module. This hook needs to return the node title, the body text area, and fields specific to the node type.

For a detailed usage example, see node_example.module.

Parameters

&$node The node being added or edited.

&$param The hook can set this variable to an associative array of attributes to add to the enclosing \<form\> tag.

Return value

An array containing the form elements to be displayed in the node edit form.

Name	Description
Hooks	Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Code

<?php
function hook_form(&$node, &$param) {
  $type = node_get_types('type', $node);

  $form['title'] = array(
    '#type'=> 'textfield',
    '#title' => check_plain($type->title_label),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['body'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => check_plain($type->body_label),
    '#rows' => 20,
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['field1'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Custom field'),
    '#default_value' => $node->field1,
    '#maxlength' => 127,
  );
  $form['selectbox'] = array(
    '#type' => 'select',
    '#title' => t('Select box'),
    '#default_value' => $node->selectbox,
    '#options' => array(
      1 => 'Option A',
      2 => 'Option B',
      3 => 'Option C',
    ),
    '#description' => t('Please choose an option.'),
  );

  return $form;
}
?>