Form API Internal Workflow Illustration

Last updated on
27 September 2022

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This workflow actually includes some of the nodeapi hooks as well as FAPI workflow to help illustrate the places where form elements can be manipulated.

Drupal 8/9/10

See the Form API Internal Workflow page in the new Form API guide.

Drupal 7

Complete FAPI workflow for Drupal 7.x. It's grouped by phases. Rebuild form and AJAX calls flows reference those phases. Click to enlarge.
Drupal 7.x FAPI workflow

Drupal 6 and 5

FAPI workflow

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