[html-formfu] Re: Pre-populating a form (no submit yet)

J. Bobby Lopez jbl at jbldata.com
Thu Sep 22 20:31:58 GMT 2011


Searching for 'populate' didn't get me where I wanted to go, but..

Huzzah.. found it..  $form->default_values( $hash_ref )


On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:10 PM, J. Bobby Lopez <jbl at jbldata.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to pre-populate a formfu form with data I
> have in a %hash.  The keys in the hash match the names of form
> elements (if that's helpful at all).
>
> The problem I'm running into is understanding how $form->process()
> works if nothing has been submitted.  If there has been no form
> submission (and therefore no $query_object), how can I get formfu to
> populate fields with existing data from my %hash?
>
> Reviewing formfu docs didn't provide any insight on this (or I missed
> it).  Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> Thanks,
> -Bobby
>



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