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

Return the error message filed against the form with the specified name.

Related topics

Form generation
Functions to enable output of HTML forms and form elements.
11 calls to form_get_error()
theme_checkbox in includes/form.inc
Format a checkbox.
theme_checkboxes in includes/form.inc
Format a set of checkboxes.
theme_date in includes/form.inc
Format a date selection element.
theme_file in includes/form.inc
Format a file upload field.
theme_password in includes/form.inc
Format a password field.

... See full list

File

includes/form.inc, line 306

Code

function form_get_error($element) {
  $form = form_set_error();
  $key = $element['#parents'][0];
  if (isset($form[$key])) {
    return $form[$key];
  }
  $key = implode('][', $element['#parents']);
  if (isset($form[$key])) {
    return $form[$key];
  }
}