Would hook_form_alter()'ing the node/add form you're operating on not work for
your purpose?
On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Sam Tresler wrote:
> Could be I am missing something easy here, but is there a standard way to get
> the $form array of a node/add/* right before it would be rendered.
> Basically, I want it after all the hook_form_alters ave happened, but I want
> the array, not the html drupal_render generates?
>
> I'm working on a custom form that I want to potentially create several nodes.
> I could just manually create the same fields and then deal with the submit,
> but it seems to me that they must already exist *exactly* how I want them
> anyway. Currently I have the following:
>
> function my_form($form, &$form_state) {
> $my_form = array();
>
> // Some fields added to $my_form...
>
> $fake_node->type = 'my_content_type';
>
> $node_form = node_form(&$form_state, $fake_node);
>
> $form = array_merge($node_form, $form);
>
> //More fields added to $my_form...
>
> return $form;
> }
>
> However, that just gives me the standard node fields, not the CCK fields that
> exist in my_content_type.
>
> Thanks in advance if anyone can help.
>
> Sam Tresler
> 646-246-8403
>
