how to, hidden field value not showing up on request in zend framework? - zend-framework

Question

i have a simple form that has a textarea ans a hidden field
$textarea = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea('post');
$textarea->setRequired(true);
$textarea->setLabel('');
$hidden = new Zend_Form_Element_Hidden('post_id');
$hidden->setLabel('');
$hidden->setValue('1');
$submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
$submit->setLabel('test');
$this->addElement($textarea);
$this->addElement($hidden);
$this->addElement($submit);
$this->setDecorators(array(
'FormElements',
array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'form_class')),
'Form'
));
in my view i do
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
then in my controller
$request = $this->getRequest();
if( $request->isPost() && $form->isValid($request->getParams()))
{
Zend_Debug::dump($request->getParams());
}
what happens is that i get
array(8) {
["module"] => string(6) "testr"
["controller"] => string(8) "posts"
["action"] => string(9) "post"
["post"] => string(10) "testgfdgfg"
["submit"] => string(26) "submit"
}
but no post_id
this is a bit wired and i cant figure it out. Ive looked for any code that might screw this up but nothing. I've also tried to echo the hidden field in the view, but i still get nothing on the request
any ideas?
thanks

Answer 1

In your view do
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post_id'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit');?>
You are simply not echoing post_id element like you did with post and submit . Also you don't need to call render() since php magic function __toString() proxy render() in all Zend_Form_Element_XXX .

Answer 2

In View part you are just set two elements only
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
WHERE form->getElement('post_id')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('submit')->render(); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getElement('post_id')->render(); ?>
Try once with this.
I think it will work.