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

Format a form.

Parameters

$element: An associative array containing the properties of the element. Properties used: action, method, attributes, children

Return value

A themed HTML string representing the form.

Related topics

Default theme implementations
Functions and templates that present output to the user, and can be implemented by themes.
Form generation
Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.

File

includes/form.inc, line 2192

Code

function theme_form($element) {

  // Anonymous div to satisfy XHTML compliance.
  $action = $element['#action'] ? 'action="' . check_url($element['#action']) . '" ' : '';
  return '<form ' . $action . ' accept-charset="UTF-8" method="' . $element['#method'] . '" id="' . $element['#id'] . '"' . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) . ">\n<div>" . $element['#children'] . "\n</div></form>\n";
}