Possible to insert nodes through a form?

Posted by Retsage on June 9, 2010 at 3:15am

Sorry, newbie question.

I've got a form_submit() file in a module I've created. I want to take what's in the $form_state['values'] and insert it into the database for specific nodes.

<?php
function lookingfor_searchform_submit($form, &$form_state){
//I want to take whatever value is available to me (say, $form_state['values']['text_search']) and create a new Story node with that information put into the body field (or anywhere, really).
}
?>

Was thinking of hooking in through hook_nodeapi() but I can't figure out what case operation I would need. Kind of lost, new to programming Drupal.

Thanks for any help.

Comments

Try this function

Posted by naden on June 9, 2010 at 9:38am

Try this function http://api.drupal.org/api/function/drupal_execute

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Another option: <?phpfunction

Posted by j_ten_man on June 9, 2010 at 10:46am

Another option:

<?php
function lookingfor_searchform_submit($form, &$form_state){
  global $user;
  $node = (object)array(
    'type' => 'story', 
    'status'=> 1,
    'uid' => $user->uid,
    'body' => trim($form_state['values']['text_search'])),
    // Populate any other fields you want here.
  );
  node_save($node);
}
?>

Perfect. Thanks, guys!

Posted by Retsage on June 9, 2010 at 3:26pm

Perfect. Thanks, guys!