function form_set_error in Drupal 4

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5 includes/form.inc \form_set_error()
2. 6 includes/form.inc \form_set_error()
3. 7 includes/form.inc \form_set_error()

File an error against a form element. If the name of the element is edit[foo][bar] then you may pass either foo or foo][bar as $name foo will set an error for all its children.

Related topics

44 calls to form_set_error()

aggregator_form_category_validate in modules/aggregator.module

Validate aggregator_form_feed form submissions.

aggregator_form_feed_validate in modules/aggregator.module

Validate aggregator_form_feed form submissions.

block_admin_configure_validate in modules/block.module

block_box_add_validate in modules/block.module

comment_admin_overview_validate in modules/comment.module

We can't execute any 'Update options' if no comments were selected.

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File

includes/form.inc, line 282

Code

function form_set_error($name = NULL, $message = '') {
  static $form = array();
  if (isset($name) && !isset($form[$name])) {
    $form[$name] = $message;
    if ($message) {
      drupal_set_message($message, 'error');
    }
  }
  return $form;
}