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Answer 1

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Creating forms in Drupal is fairly easy once you get the hang of it. I would recommend reading the following link. http://drupal.org/node/751826 It gives a good overview of how to create the form.

In the _submit hook, you can then redirect to the appropriate page by setting $form_state['redirect'].

This is assuming of course that you already have the hang of creating custom modules. If you need more info on that, go here.

Icode4food 2010-08-16 12:46:46

Never use `drupal_goto()`: it immediately stops the processing of the form before other submit handlers that might've attached themselves to the form after yours. `$form_state['redirect']` is the preferred way to handle submit redirects as it doesn't interrupt the form workflow and allows other submit handlers to complete.

Mark Trapp 2010-08-16 16:34:53

@Mark Trapp - Thanks for pointing that out, I have updated my response.

Icode4food 2010-08-16 17:00:31

Answer 2

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The Drupal Form API -is- dead simple and its something you need to learn as a developer eventually. Might as well jump in and do it through the API since its not too hard, what you are trying to do.

Kevin 2010-08-16 13:38:29

Answer 3

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This is pretty easy with the Form API and a custom module. You'll build a form using the Form API and add a submit handler that changes the redirect for the form to whatever you'd like. Finally, you'll need to create a way to access the form (either by creating a menu item or by creating a block).

Here's an example that implements a form like you want: you'll want to peruse the Form API reference to see all the options you have when building a form. It also provides two ways to access the form:

Using hook_menu() to provide a page for the form at http://example.com/test
Using hook_block() to provide a block containing the form that you can add and move around on the block administration page.

Example code:

// Form builder. Form ID = function name
function test_form($form_state) {

  $form['postcode'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Postcode'),
    '#size' => 10,
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['submit'] = array(
    '#type' => 'submit',
    '#value' => t('Go'),
  );

  return $form;
}

// Form submit handler. Default handler is formid_submit()
function test_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  // Redirect the user to http://example.com/test/&lt;Postcode&gt; upon submit
  $form_state['redirect'] = 'test/' . check_plain($form_state['values']['postcode']);
}

// Implementation of hook_menu(): used to create a page for the form
function test_menu() {

  // Create a menu item for http://example.com/test that displays the form
  $items['test'] = array(
    'title' => 'Postcode form',
    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
    'page arguments' => array('test_form'),
    'access arguments' => array('access content'),
    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
  );

  return $items;
}

// Implementation of hook_block(): used to create a movable block for the form
function test_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array()) {
  switch ($op) {
    case 'list': // Show block info on Site Building -> Blocks
      $block['postcode']['info'] = t('Postcode form');
      break;
    case 'view':
      switch ($delta) {
        case 'postcode':
          $block['subject'] = t('Postcode');
          $block['content'] = drupal_get_form('test_form');
          break;
      }
      break;
  }

  return $block;
}

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Mark Trapp 2010-08-16 16:33:54

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Create a VERY simple form in Drupal

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