Thanks Ken & Nancy - I'm now wondering how I've been writing modules for almost a year without realising the whole $node object is available from $form =).
2009/12/12 Ken Rickard <[email protected]> > Check $form[#node]->type. If not empty, use that string. > > - Ken > > > > On Dec 12, 2009, at 2:47 PM, James Benstead <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm writing a module that adds a field to the create/edit forms for nodes > of certain types - the actual types can be chosen by the user. There are > loads of ways to identify the type of the current node from within > hook_form_alter(), but is there an accepted standard way to do it? > > If I use $form['type']['#value'] I get "Notice: Undefined variable" > warnings as my local server's error reporting is very verbose. I know I > could change the error reporting level, but surely it's better practice to > try and kill the bug? > > And if I use $form_id I have to use nodetype_node_form and convert it to > nodetype - and, as an aside, I can't find a PHP function to do this cleanly. > > So, what's the accepted way to do this? > -- > Google Talk/Windows Live Messenger/AIM: <[email protected]> > [email protected] > Yahoo! Messenger/Twitter/IRC (Freenode): jim0203 > Jabber: <[email protected]>[email protected] // ICQ: 7088050 > Skype: jimbenstead > >
