Error when setting the default value to the form element value from previous submission. [#1969718]

When using he form API setting the default value to the value of the element in case of re-displaying the form using values stored in session or elsewhere causes the error:

Warning: html_entity_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in select_or_other_multi_array_key_exists() (line 286 of ...sites/all/modules/select_or_other/select_or_other.module).

Notice: Array to string conversion in select_or_other_element_process() (line 164 of ...sites/all/modules/select_or_other/select_or_other.module).

So you cannot use the submitted value of the element as the default value or what form does that need to be in?

array (
'select' =>
array (
'value_1' => 'value_1'',
),
'other' => 'test',
)

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Comment #1

haydeniv CreditAttribution: haydeniv commented 14 April 2013 at 00:55

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Can you post the code you are using to set the default value.

Comment #2

endless_wander CreditAttribution: endless_wander commented 5 June 2013 at 01:36

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I'm having a similar issue when using the Form API to build a "select_or_other" field.

For me, it's not related to using the default value or not. What happens is that the selected options in the $submission array for a Webform are not able to be read.

Here's what I mean:

My abbreviated code for the form itself:

$form['submitted']['submit_this_reflection_to'] = array(
	'#title' => t('Submit this Reflection to'),
	'#title_display' => 'before',
	'#required' => 1,
	'#weight' => 100,
	'#options' => array(
		$agency_admin->mail => $agency_admin->mail,
		'1@one.com' => '1@one.com',
		'2@two.com' => '2@two.com'
		),
	'#default_value' => '',
	'#type' => 'select_or_other',
	'#other' => t('Other Email'),
	'#other_title' => t('Submit this Reflection to Other Email'),
	'#select_type' => 'checkboxes',
);

The important line here is the #options being set. For me, I'm using the Form API so I can insert a variable as one of the options while allowing the users to set an option themselves.

With all options selected and no "other" element added, the $form_state['values']['submitted'] used to save to the db looks like this:

$submission->data => Array
    [4] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [1@one.com] => 1@one.com
                    [2@two.com] => 2@two.com
                    [agencya_admin@test.com] => agencya_admin@test.com
                    [select_or_other] => 0
                )

The problem seems to be that the $submission->data[4][0] is made up of more arrays. When I try to use the $submission object that is created by retrieving the data from the db, all the email addresses are just blank arrays.

Specifically, each value in $submission->data[4]['value'][0] just prints out as Array() rather than as the email address.

In the db, the row for the submission looks like the attached.

Any ideas? Is this expected?