XOOPS FAQ - Hacks and modifying code - How to make xoopsformhidden xhtml-valid?

Remark: I don't know if this is really a FAQ. But this one disturbed me when making my page xhtml-valid. There are two possible solutions. 1. make a tray with another formelement inside a module or 2. make the change systemwide which is much easier for the non-php-techie. Look for function render in include/xoopsform/xoopsformhidden.php and the line which reads:

return ".$this->getName()."' id='".$this->getName()."' value='".$this->getValue()."' />";

Problem with this code is, that the input-field for hidden will inserted between the tr-lines of the table which is not xhtml-valid. Just change the above line to:

return ".$this->getName()."' id='".$this->getName()."' value='".$this->getValue()."' />";

What I did was just inserting another table-row. To prevent the new table-row from being displayed I used the style display:none. That is all!

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Problem with these solution

trashy_jo Published 04/17/2006 16:22 Just popping in Joined 04/11/2006 Comments 4

I had the same validation problem.

I made this update un the render function but these function seems to be used in (a least one) other places.

With this modification, when you want to update a module (after a template modification), the update and cancel buttons are placed just under the header...

Another solution

trashy_jo Published 04/19/2006 15:03 Just popping in Joined 04/11/2006 Comments 4

Hi all, I've finally found another solution (thanks to an xoops-france member)...

There is no need modifying formhidden.

First, just modify the file class/themeform.php and replace

 } else { 
    $ret .= $ele->render()."n"; 
}

 } else { 
    $hiddens .= $ele->render()."n"; 
}

and the replace just after this line

$ret .= "

n";

$ret .= "".$hiddens."n";

The function render() will now produce an html valid form.

For the contact module, there is another modification. Indeed, there is no need for a simple form to use a template, XOOPS can do it perfectly well. So in the file modules/contact/index.php comment the above two lines

 ... 
$xoopsOption['template_main'] = 'contact_contactusform.html'; 
... 
$contact_form->assign($xoopsTpl);

and then add the following line to the modules/contact/contactform.php

$contact_form->display();

after the last $contact_form->addElement

That's done, you will now have a valid html contact form.

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