I am trying to develop a module where in my form needs to be rendered in a tabular form. Everything is working fine except the submit button. It is neither calling default _validation or _submit functions nor _form_alter functions. I don't know where I am missing.
Here is the code for my .module file
<?php
function mytheme_menu(){
$items = array();
$items['enqform']=array(
'title' => 'Enquiry Form',
'page callback' => 'mytheme_function',
'access arguments'=>array('access content'),
'access callback' => TRUE,
'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
);
return $items;
}
function mytheme_function(){
return theme('enquiry')
}
function mytheme_theme() {
return array(
'enquiry' => array(
'render element' => 'form',
'template' => 'custompage',
),
);
}
function enquiry_form($form, &$form_state){
$form['efname'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => 'First Name',
'#size' => 28,
'#maxlength' => 10,
'#required' => TRUE,
);
$form['elname'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => 'Last Name',
'#size' => 28,
'#maxlength' => 10,
'#required' => TRUE, //make this field required
);
$form['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
'#value' => t('Submit'),
);
return $form;
}
function enquiry_form_validate($form, &$form_state){
}
function enquiry_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
db_insert('form_example')->fields(array(
'efname'=>$form_state['values']['efname'],
'elname'=>$form_state['values']['elname'],
'active' => 1,
)
)->execute();
}
and my .tpl.php page looks like this
<?php$form = drupal_get_form('enquiry_form');?>
<h2>Please enter details here</h2>
<?php print render(drupal_render($form['efname']));?>
<?php print render(drupal_render($form['submit']));?>
<?php print render(drupal_render_children($form));?>
When I use 'drupal_get_form' as page callback in my hook menu, submit is working fine, but the purpose of template is of no use. It would be a day saver if someone can guide me where and what am I missing in this code.
I think that you should not render the drupal_render_children, you should just print drupal_render_children by itself.