hidden fields in forms module

kpjpowers

hidden fields not adding to database on submit any ideas

admin

Need more information.

kpjpowers

added hidden fields in form module but when form is submitted the values of the hidden fields do not appear in the database

admin

Hidden fields are cleaned out of the data that is to be saved. An alternative would be to just visually hide an input field.

kpjpowers

Any way I can override that behaviour without modifying the module

admin

You would have to extend the Fuel_forms class and overwrite the clean_posted method and then somewhere in your code you'll need to overwrite it by calling the attach method on FUEL:
$form= new My_fuel_form(); $this->fuel->attach('form', $form);

kpjpowers

OK thank you will take a look at doing that

kpjpowers

tried the above but it never calls my cleaned_post function in the extended MY_fuel_form is there something else im missing

admin

Is the attach happening before you are calling the cleaned_post function?

kpjpowers

Yes looking at extending the forms class as well but not having much sucess

admin

Try adding your class to the fuel/application/libraries/My_fuel_form. Then in your fuel/application/config/MY_fuel.php there is a $config['attach'] parameter you can use to attach it:
$config['attach'] = array( 'forms' => 'my_fuel_form' );

kpjpowers

thank you ive now gone down a different root. I would like to ask if it may be possible to do a multistep form in the forms module any suggestions would be grateful before i start pulling things apart

admin

The forms module does not support automatically creating a multi step form unfortunately.