By executex on

This has been plaguing me for weeks.

If a form API generated field has #type => 'textfield' and #disabled => TRUE, then it will not get submitted to _Validate() hook or _submit() hook.

Why?

And furthermore, why is #type => 'select' / 'checkbox' etc, being submitted while disabled?

What is going on here?

How do I make it so textfields are sent even if disabled??

Displaying the $form_state on validate() (or tamper data plugin for firefox) shows that there is no POST data being submitted.

Causing huge problems if a form field is dynamically disabled, then it thinks it is empty when it is not.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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jaypan’s picture

jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

This is an HTTP limitation, not Drupal.

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.

jrockowitz’s picture

jrockowitz commented

and set the input's background to gray. I am not 100% this works with checkboxes. Also you could use a little jQuery to disable inputs but still submit them using with a plugin like http://plugins.jquery.com/project/readonly.

executex’s picture

executex commented

So what would be the work around for ensuring either disabled fields get submitted, or using $form_state to save the fields properly?

EDIT:
Here's my solution: Just requery all the fields after a submit() handle. Use $form_state to bring back the new database query since AHAH API caches everything.