I was searching online for a tutorial to create a form which is displyaed on a page, Shall we display a form inside a module as we display content using module and block? Since I am new to drupal I do not have an idea about drupal form. I downloaded and installed the example form module. But I do not know where this form will get displayed. I downloaded it from here http://drupal.org/node/1121110
It's not that complicated even if you are new to drupal. All I had to do in this example is using hook_menu() and knowing available form items from drupal form api reference.
Below is an example for what you're trying to do.
/**
* Implementation of hook_menu()
*/
function mymodule_menu()
{
$items = array();
$items['my-custom-page-path'] = array(
'title' => 'My Page Title',
'description' => t(''),
'access callback' => 'user_access',
'access arguments' => array('access content'),
'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
'page arguments' => array('mymodule_form_id'),
);
return $items;
}
function mymodule_form_id($form, &$form_state)
{
$form = array();
$form['my_textfield'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Text Field'),
'#description' => t(''),
'#weight' => 20,
'#required' => TRUE,
'#size' => 5,
'#maxlength' => 5,
);
$form['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
'#value' => t('Save settings'),
'#weight' => 10000,
);
return $form;
}
/**
* Form validation callback
*/
function mymodule_form_id_validate($form, &$form_state)
{
// notice adding "_validate" to the form id
}
/**
* Form submission callback
*/
function mymodule_form_id_submit($form, &$form_state)
{
// notice adding "_submit" to the form id
}