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theme_form

  1. drupal
    1. 4.7 form.inc
    2. 5 form.inc
    3. 6
    4. 7
Versions
4.7 – 6 theme_form($element)
7 theme_form($variables)

Returns HTML for a form.

Parameters

$variables An associative array containing:

  • element: An associative array containing the properties of the element. Properties used: #action, #method, #attributes, #children

Related topics

Default theme implementations
Functions and templates for the user interface to be implemented by themes.
Form generation
Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.

Code

drupal/includes/form.inc, line 3668

<?php
function theme_form($variables) {
  $element = $variables['element'];
  if (isset($element['#action'])) {
    $element['#attributes']['action'] = drupal_strip_dangerous_protocols($element['#action']);
  }
  element_set_attributes($element, array('method', 'id'));
  if (empty($element['#attributes']['accept-charset'])) {
    $element['#attributes']['accept-charset'] = "UTF-8";
  }
  // Anonymous DIV to satisfy XHTML compliance.
  return '<form' . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) . '><div>' . $element['#children'] . '</div></form>';
}
?>