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kiamlaluno

00:03

Yummy! Bolognese.

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dskanth

10:58

hi all

can anyone tell me how to create forms in drupal ?

2 hours later…

kiamlaluno

12:54

@dskanth It is not different from Drupal 6. See api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--form.inc/group/form_api/7, and api.drupal.org/api/drupal/….

dskanth

13:21

@kiamlaluno ok, thanks

the basic question is where i have to put that form code in drupal ?

kiamlaluno

@dskanth You put it in a menu callback.

api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--node--node.pages.inc/…

I have to find a better example.

api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--system--system.admin.inc/…

dskanth

good

the second link seems not that useful

kiamlaluno

The function is defined as menu callback from the following code:
`$items['admin/appearance/settings'] = array(`
` 'title' => 'Settings',`
` 'description' => 'Configure default and theme specific settings.',`
` 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',`
` 'page arguments' => array('system_theme_settings'),`
` 'access arguments' => array('administer themes'),`
` 'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,`
` 'file' => 'system.admin.inc',`
` 'weight' => 20,`
`);`

dskanth

ok, so in which file i have to put this code ?

kiamlaluno

Great; back-ticks don't work, here.

@dskanth You put it in a module file, as you do in Drupal 6.

That snippet is in an implementation of hook_menu().

api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--system--system.module/…

dskanth

13:35

ok, thanks for ur suggestions...

great help

I think drupal_get_form would be the best suitable for me

i am confused with the answers here:

Q: Administrator users can add records, end users can view them.

How can the administrator users add few records into the database (through a form), and how can the end users view them in the front end? Administrator users will be adding records of training classes, through a form in an administration panel. The end user will be viewing the list of training ...

can u discuss about this problem of myne

Only the admin can add the records

and the end user must be able to view the list in front end

how can i go about this...

I have created a form with the form api, but confused with how to link to it from the admin interface

kiamlaluno

13:51

@dskanth What do you mean by "admin interface"?

dskanth

i mean admin panel (after the admin logs in)

admin should have a link to a form, where he will enter values in 3 to 4 fields and create the record (insert into database)

kiamlaluno

There are many paths you can use; admin/structure/your_module, admin/config/your_module, or admin/your_module. The path doesn't define what is an administrative setting page.

It's the permission associated with a menu callback that defines who can see that page.

The documentation for hook_menu() explains how to define a menu callback.

system_menu() is an example of implementation of hook_menu().

That is essentially what I am saying in the answer I gave to your question.

dskanth

Thank you but i could not get you completely... do i need any coding changes, or everything is with the interface...

kiamlaluno

14:07

@dskanth You need to create a module.

dskanth

yes i have created a module

and i tried to include a form in corresponding .module file

kiamlaluno

@dskanth Did you define a menu callback? Did you define a form builder?

dskanth

no.... i dont know about that

kiamlaluno

Did you add a .info file for the module?

@dskanth That is why I reported the link for the hook_menu() documentation. The other link I reported is about the form API, which is the API used to build forms in Drupal.

dskanth

kiamlaluno

14:22

@dskanth If you don't understand how to write the code, you can look at Drupal core code. That is how I learned how to create a module with Drupal, apart from reading the documentation.

Drupal comes with many modules you can use as guideline to write your own code.

dskanth

@kiamlaluno Thanks a lot

kiamlaluno

@dskanth Yvw.

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