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Jscti
Jscti

Reputation: 14440

Drupal 6 - ignore required form field

I need to ignore the validation of two form field while creating a user in Drupal 6 but I don't know at all how to do :

  $userinfo = array(
    'name' => $login,
    'init' => $mail,
    'mail' => $mail,
    'pass' => $password,
    'status' => 1,
    'lastname' => "", //how to ignore those required fields that invalidate the form
    'surname' => ""   //how to ignore those required fields that invalidate the form
  );

  // register a new user
  $form_state = array();
  $form_state['values'] = $userinfo;
  drupal_execute('user_register', $form_state);
  $errors = form_get_errors(); // getting 2 required field errors

Note that I can't supress the "required" property as it is used elsewhere in a more "complex" form.

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 214

Answers (2)

Clive
Clive

Reputation: 36955

I haven't got a D6 site handy to test this on but I think it'll work...

Since drupal_execute() pushes you through the whole form build process you can take advantage of hook_form_alter() to remove the required status, but only in a context you pass along in the $form_state. For example

function MYMODULE_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'user_register' && !empty($form_state['custom_execution'])) {
    $form['lastname']['#required'] = FALSE;
    // etc...
  }
}

...

$form_state = array();
$form_state['values'] = $userinfo;
$form_state['custom_execution'] = TRUE;
drupal_execute('user_register', $form_state);

Upvotes: 1

Chris Wesseling
Chris Wesseling

Reputation: 6368

Can't you use hook_form_alter to supress the "required" property, only when the from is not used in its "complex" form?

For instance, if you know what paths the "complex" form is used, you can check if that paths is being served with arg.

Better checks may be available...

Upvotes: 0

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