Drupal Forms - Setting a Default Value

Question

I am using the webform module for Drupal 6 and would like to set a default value for the confirmation message of the webform whenever it is created. Would I have to create my own module to set this form value whenever a user creates a new webform? Or would I have to implement a special hook to look for when a webform is created?

Are you talking about whenever a user actually creates a new webform, or when a user fills out an already created webform? — Mike Crittenden, Feb 23 '10 at 00:32
Right now I'm currently going the module route, writing a custom module that implements hook_form_alter and says if($form_id == 'webform_node_form') set the default value of the confirmation message. Don't know if it'll work though still banging away on it now. — JR., Feb 23 '10 at 17:10
Still no luck with hook_form_alter trying all sorts of variations of it. trying function named webform_node_form_form_alter — JR., Feb 23 '10 at 18:10
Gotten this far now. function customMod_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id){ if($form_id == 'webform_node_form'){ $node = $form['#node']; $webform = $node->webform; $node->webform['confirmation'] = "test test test"; The hook is executing and the array value is being set, but it still isn't appearing in the text field of the form. — JR., Feb 23 '10 at 19:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '10 at 02:37

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You going to want to use the following:

customMod_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id){ 
  if($form_id == 'webform_node_form'){ 
    $form['id_of_conf_message_field']['#default_value'] = 'BLAH BLAH'
  }
}

answered Mar 14 '10 at 02:37

Erik Ahlswede

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This is what I ended up doing, custom module and hook_form_alter... Thanks! – JR. Mar 17 '10 at 20:12
But how do i do this in case of hidden field in web forms? its doesnt have id\ – esafwan Oct 18 '11 at 20:57
This solution did not work for me however [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12194243/967168) did work. – Felix Eve Jun 26 '14 at 00:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '11 at 08:37

@esafwan .. I'm not sure whether this shall help in your case with the hidden fields issue but I found this link for default variable values http://drupal.org/node/296453 so I was able to create a hidden field in my already existent webform with default value %request[key] and worked perfectly ..

Drupal Forms - Setting a Default Value

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