Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.7.x includes/form.inc \form_error()
  2. 6.x includes/form.inc \form_error()
  3. 7.x includes/form.inc \form_error()

Flag an element as having an error.

Related topics

Form generation
Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.
6 calls to form_error()
aggregator_page_list_validate in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
date_validate in includes/form.inc
Validates the date type to stop dates like February 30, 2006.
example_element_validate in developer/examples/example_element.module
Our element's validation function.
filter_form_validate in modules/filter/filter.module
password_confirm_validate in includes/form.inc
Validate password_confirm element.

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File

includes/form.inc, line 631

Code

function form_error(&$element, $message = '') {
  $element['#error'] = TRUE;
  form_set_error(implode('][', $element['#parents']), $message);
}