function backdrop_validate_form

Validates user-submitted form data in the $form_state array.

Parameters

$form_id: A unique string identifying the form for validation, submission, theme overrides, and hook_form_alter functions.

$form: An associative array containing the structure of the form, which is passed by reference. Form validation handlers are able to alter the form structure (like #process and #after_build callbacks during form building) in case of a validation error. If a validation handler alters the form structure, it is responsible for validating the values of changed form elements in $form_state['values'] to prevent form submit handlers from receiving unvalidated values.

$form_state: A keyed array containing the current state of the form. The current user-submitted data is stored in $form_state['values'], though form validation functions are passed an explicit copy of the values for the sake of simplicity. Validation handlers can also use $form_state to pass information on to submit handlers. For example: $form_state['data_for_submission'] = $data; This technique is useful when validation requires file parsing, web service requests, or other expensive requests that should not be repeated in the submission step.

Related topics

File

core/includes/form.inc, line 1189

Functions for form and batch generation and processing.

Code

function backdrop_validate_form($form_id, &$form, &$form_state) {
  $validated_forms = &backdrop_static(__FUNCTION__, array());

  if (isset($validated_forms[$form_id]) && empty($form_state['must_validate'])) {
    return;
  }

  // If the session token was set by backdrop_prepare_form(), ensure that it
  // matches the current user's session. This is duplicate to code in
  // form_builder() but left to protect any custom form handling code.
  if (!empty($form['#token'])) {
    if (!backdrop_valid_token($form_state['values']['form_token'], $form['#token']) || !empty($form_state['invalid_token'])) {
      _backdrop_invalid_token_set_form_error();
      // Ignore all submitted values.
      $form_state['input'] = array();
      $_POST = array();
      // Make sure file uploads do not get processed.
      $_FILES = array();
      // Stop here and don't run any further validation handlers, because they
      // could invoke non-safe operations which opens the door for CSRF
      // vulnerabilities.
      $validated_forms[$form_id] = TRUE;
      return;
    }
  }

  _form_validate($form, $form_state, $form_id);
  $validated_forms[$form_id] = TRUE;

  // If validation errors are limited then remove any non validated form values,
  // so that only values that passed validation are left for submit callbacks.
  if (isset($form_state['triggering_element']['#limit_validation_errors']) && $form_state['triggering_element']['#limit_validation_errors'] !== FALSE) {
    $values = array();
    foreach ($form_state['triggering_element']['#limit_validation_errors'] as $section) {
      // If the section exists within $form_state['values'], even if the value
      // is NULL, copy it to $values.
      $section_exists = NULL;
      $value = backdrop_array_get_nested_value($form_state['values'], $section, $section_exists);
      if ($section_exists) {
        backdrop_array_set_nested_value($values, $section, $value);
      }
    }
    // A button's #value does not require validation, so for convenience we
    // allow the value of the clicked button to be retained in its normal
    // $form_state['values'] locations, even if these locations are not included
    // in #limit_validation_errors.
    if (isset($form_state['triggering_element']['#button_type'])) {
      $button_value = $form_state['triggering_element']['#value'];

      // Like all input controls, the button value may be in the location
      // dictated by #parents. If it is, copy it to $values, but do not override
      // what may already be in $values.
      $parents = $form_state['triggering_element']['#parents'];
      if (!backdrop_array_nested_key_exists($values, $parents) && backdrop_array_get_nested_value($form_state['values'], $parents) === $button_value) {
        backdrop_array_set_nested_value($values, $parents, $button_value);
      }

      // Additionally, form_builder() places the button value in
      // $form_state['values'][BUTTON_NAME]. If it's still there, after
      // validation handlers have run, copy it to $values, but do not override
      // what may already be in $values.
      $name = $form_state['triggering_element']['#name'];
      if (!isset($values[$name]) && isset($form_state['values'][$name]) && $form_state['values'][$name] === $button_value) {
        $values[$name] = $button_value;
      }
    }
    $form_state['values'] = $values;
  }
}