Only getting the first character when accessing post variable

Answer 1

The return you get is because you are accessing a string, and not an array.

$string = "ABCDEFG";
// This would print "A".
print $string[0];

To notice then that a submission handler takes the submitted values from $form_state['values'], not from $form.

Answer 2

Try this instead, I deleted my previous answer once I really looked at the code and noticed I was way off before. There seems to be a lot of redundant arrays created that in my opinion are just confusing the issue. Does this work?

$fromDate = $form[0]['#post']['field_bill_start'][0]['value']['date'];
drupal_set_message("From Date = ".$fromDate);

EDIT:

Updated the code to have another try

Answer 3

Hi cinqoTimo, I think you just need to print $form['field_bill_start'][0]['#value'].

Update: print directly the $form['field_bill_start'][0]['#value'], don't add it to a variable or array.

Answer 4

You should use the value submitted by the user which is on the $form_state;

I tested with a single date field, instead of a datefield with 2 values. But this should work just fine anyways. I might have the naming of your field incorrect, but you can check out the values on $form_state['values'], where you should find your field listed.

Anyways the code would look something like this:

function billing_submit_function($form, &$form_state) {
  $from_date =  $form_state['values']['field_bill_start'][0]['value'];
  $from_date_string = format_date(strtotime($from_date), 'custom', 'D d/m/Y');
  $from_date_2 =  $form_state['values']['field_bill_start'][0]['value2'];
  $from_date_string_2 = format_date(strtotime($from_date_2), 'custom', 'D d/m/Y');

  drupal_set_message("From Date = ".$from_date_string);
  drupal_set_message("From Date2 = ".$from_date_string_2);
}