How to add forms in content?

Amarnath - May 1, 2007 - 13:29

Hi,

I am trying to add a form in a story content. This form is used only in this content (so, no need of using CCK or Webform modules). Any help is greatly appreciated.

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I think you're missing something...

NikLP - May 1, 2007 - 14:33

...as I believe that if you are wanting to put a form or something like it into a node, then you are no longer going to be using the "story" content type, and you *will* need to either use CCK, Webform, or another custom module to collect the data for you.

I can't personally see another way to do it, but I could be wrong...

Edit: I guess you could have a form in a block and embed the block in the "content" region, but I still don't know how you'd process the form without one of the above solutions...

How do you add forms (webform for example) to content blocks?

erenbebs - August 31, 2007 - 09:23

Hi,
I'm new to Drupal. How exactly do you add a form to a block (webform for example) as you described? I can't find a straightforward way to do it. I only see an option of creating a form (whether it's webform or contact page) as a node. I'm able to add blocks of content to this node, but I haven't figured out how to create a webform as a block that I can place anywhere in multiple nodes. I was able to copy the generated HTML from a form I created into a block, then stick it on any page I wanted, and that worked just fine. Of course my block won't get updated if I update the webform (adding new fields, edits, etc.). Is there a way by some sort of reference (or call) within the block to generate a webform (or contact form) I've already created so I can have the form on multiple nodes? I was unable to find this in the Webform instructions (maybe I didn't search hard enough?).

Thanks.

is this wat you are talking about???

depace - August 31, 2007 - 09:35

<?php
    function module_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array())
    {
        $str_content = 'your stuffs...';
        
        switch ($op) {
            case 'view':
                if ($delta == 0) {
                    $str_content    .=    drupal_get_form('form_in_block');
                    $arr_block['content']    =    $str_content;
                    return $arr_block;
                    break;
                }
        }
    }
    
    function form_in_block()
    {
        $arr_form['name']    =    array(
            '#title'=>t('Your Name'),
            '#type'=>'textfield'
        );
        
        $arr_form['submit']    =    array(
            '#value'=>t('Submit'),
            '#type'=>'submit'
        );
                                        
        return $arr_form;
    }
?>

Maybe

erenbebs - August 31, 2007 - 12:34

I don't know. I don't yet understand these hooks. I was hoping it was something simple (like changing a setting for the webform module to process the form in a block instead of a node).

If life were that simple! Anyway, I'll play around with what you sent and see if I can get it to do what I want....Many thanks!

if you are familiar with php

depace - August 31, 2007 - 13:22

if you are familiar with php stuffs then have a look at this drupal handbook
http://drupal.org/node/508

:)

NikLP - August 31, 2007 - 14:07

I believe you can just use this in a php block if you know the form id: http://api.drupal.org/api/function/drupal_get_form/5

Hope this helps.

That works!

erenbebs - September 3, 2007 - 12:44

The drupal_get_form works great for a single page form (like the Contact page). It gets a little more complicated for the webform module that's expecting the form call from the current node and uses $node->$nid to pick the form, etc. I did find that node_view gets around this problem and does exactly what I wanted, and still posts the form back to the correct node, etc. Though I didn't try it, I assume that you can use node_view to list the contents from any type node within any block (if it works for forms, it should work for anything). And the best part is - it's only one line of code!

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

yeah

NikLP - September 3, 2007 - 13:11

I think you're correct in your assumption about node_view, it pretty much just renders a node. So as long as it *is* a node that you're trying to "get out there", I think you're pretty much golden on that.