Retain $_POST values in form's 'block' view

marcinkonys

When using a custom form template stored in the _blocks folder, are the magic {name_field} type of methods supposed to retain POST values if the form contains errors?

I have a form defined in config/forms.php, and a view for it in _blocks\my_form.php. Following the documentation example, I added a bunch of fields to it, i.e.

<?=$comment_label?> <?=$comment_field?>
However even though the fields have "'required' => true" in the config file, all fields' values are lost upon submitting the form (though if they're ALL set, the form submits fine).

Is the $***_field syntax not enough to ensure these values are retained?

admin

I'm not quite sure I understand "values are lost upon submitting the form". Could you explain that more?

marcinkonys

What I mean is that if the user presses the "Submit" button on a form built this way, the page reloads and the values that were entered by the user are all lost, meaning he/she has to type everything out again.

All I do in my controller is load the form and pass the result of $form->render() to the view.

admin

I think I see the issue. I've posted a fix to the repo:
https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS-Forms-Module
https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS-Forms-Module/commit/5e78af0a8c475c0f169ea5165dc88c4c3175f426

marcinkonys

Brilliant, works well. Thanks!