By swarna.p on

Hi All,

I have a text field in which i wanted to set the default value as "http://".

Is it possible to the default value to text field if yes any ideas please?

Thanks in advance!

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nathanjo’s picture

nathanjo commented

Yes it is possible.

Do something like:

form['sample'] = array (
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#default_value' => DO SOMETHING HERE,
);
swarna.p’s picture

swarna.p commented

Do i need to add this code in the php code column?
Sorry i am really new to Drupal so trying to make myself comfortable on this
Can u please tell me where does this code goes to ?

nathanjo’s picture

nathanjo commented

This one should be move in Module development if your developing some module.

Are you just using a cck? If yes, edit the content type: admin/content/node-type/TYPE/fields/YOUR FIELD under the Settings input something in the Default value.

If your are developing a module, you should use hook_form_alter http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_alter/6.

swarna.p’s picture

swarna.p commented

i am using CCK and tried putting the following two codes in PHP code under default

1) return array(0 => array('value' => 'http://')); i put this code there but when i go for create content -> content type for that particular field i dont get to see 'http://'

2)
form[field_external_link-url] = array (
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#default_value' => 'http://',
);

[field_external_link-url] is the DB field for which i am trying to put default value as 'http://'
some how i fee that i am going wrong as when i add this code in that PHP code column i get this error
The default value PHP code returned an incorrect value.
Expected format:

return array(
0 => array('url' => value for url, 'title' => value for title, 'attributes' => value for attributes),
// You'll usually want to stop here. Provide more values
// if you want your 'default value' to be multi-valued:
1 => array('url' => value for url, 'title' => value for title, 'attributes' => value for attributes),
2 => ...
);

Returned value:

Please help where am i going wrong here ?