Manual  /  Functions  /  Fields  /  HiddenField

Arguments:

Name	Description
$name	Name of the field
$value	The value for the hidden field.
$validator	This can either be the name of your own validation function or the constant name of a predefined validator function. For more information about validators see Validators. It is also possible to use a method as a validation function. In this case you should pass an array where the first item is the object and the second item the name of the method.
$extra	This can be extra information which will be included in the fields html tag. You can add for example some CSS or javascript.

Description:

You can use this function to create a hidden field on the form.

Do not use this function if you want to add a value into the datababse! Use AddValue instead! This function is only usefull if you want to change the value of the hidden field with javascript or something like that.

Example

<?php // include the class include('FH3/class.FormHandler.php'); // make a new $form object $form = new FormHandler; // set a hidden field $form -> hiddenField("language", "nl"); // a normal textfield $form -> textField("Your name", "name", FH_STRING); // button beneath it $form -> submitButton("Save"); // set the 'commit after form' function $form -> onCorrect("doRun"); // send the form to the screen $form->flush(); // function to show a message function doRun($data)  {     return     "Hello ". $data["name"] .",\n".     " your prefered language is " . $data["language"]; } ?>

See also: AddValue

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