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What does a form file do in Drupal?
These two files are required by your module. The .info file contains information about what your module does, while the .module file contains the actual code including hooks. Hooks are functions with special names that will be called by Drupal when actions occur. For example “form_example_menu ()” is called when menu information is gathered.
What happens if you change form to Cat in Drupal?
So what this is saying is that for this custom theme, take the fields you defined in your custom form and map them to the template under the ‘form’ name. So in other words, if you change ‘form’ to ‘cat’, then your template must be altered to so that your fields begin with the variable called, ‘cat’.
How to add a field in Drupal module?
To add a field, you set the variable $form [ {name of your field}] = array (); Each field can then have a number of attributes, such as “#type” and “#value.” Most of these attributes are named with a preceding “#” sign. The field we added above is a submit button with the text “Click Here!”
Do you need a form tag in Drupal template?
UPDATE: form tag is not necessary in this template, because Drupal adds a theme wrapper to the form that take care of create this tag with the right attributes. I also discover that if the id of the form is equal to the name of the theme function you dont’n need to include the line $form[‘#theme’] = ‘my_awesome_form’.
How to connect to multiple databases within Drupal?
See the Database Abstraction Layer for a complete reference of all Drupal database abstraction functions for version 7. In Drupal 6 and older versions, first define the database connections Drupal can use by editing the $db_url string in the Drupal configuration file (settings.php for 4.6 and above, otherwise conf.php).
How do you rebuild a form in Drupal?
You can set the variable “$form_state [‘rebuild’] = TRUE;” in the submit function so that Drupal does not clear the form. You can, therefore, edit the $form_state to change a “markup” field type to have your output. This can also be done with AJAX so that the form displays the calculated values without a page load.