Home » HTML » HTML_QuickForm » Bug #5206

[2005-08-25 10:03 UTC] zoe at monkeehouse dot com

Description:
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I've made a form with a hidden element that has a value.
When the form is validated, a different form is created
with a hidden element of the same name. The value of the
original hidden element is used instead of the new
hidden element.

Test script:
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require_once 'HTML/QuickForm.php';

$form_a = new HTML_QuickForm('form_a');
$form_a->addElement('hidden', 'same_name', 'this is form A');
$form_a->addElement('hidden', 'a_different_name', 'this is not broken because it has a different name');
$form_a->addElement('submit', 'submit', 'Submit');

if ($form_a->validate('form_a'))
{
$form_b = new HTML_QuickForm('form_b');
$form_b->addElement('hidden', 'same_name', 'this is form B');
$form_b->addElement('hidden', 'the_different_name', 'this is not broken because it has a different name');
$form_b->addElement('submit', 'submit', 'Submit');
$form_b->display();
}
else
{
$form_a->display();
}

Expected result:
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Viewing the HTML source of the second form (after
submitting the first one) should reveal a hidden element
with a value of 'this is form B'.

Actual result:
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The hidden element has a value of 'this is form A'.

[2005-08-25 11:49 UTC] bmansion at mamasam dot com

To set the elemnt values, it is recommended to use either setDefaults() or setConstants(). In your case, setConstants() should do.