function form_get_error

Returns the error message filed against the given form element.

Form errors higher up in the form structure override deeper errors as well as errors on the element itself.

Related topics

Form generation
Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.
1 call to form_get_error()
_form_set_attributes in drupal/core/includes/form.inc
Sets a form element's class attribute.

File

drupal/core/includes/form.inc, line 1667
Functions for form and batch generation and processing.

Code

function form_get_error($element) {
  $form = form_set_error();
  $parents = array();
  foreach ($element['#parents'] as $parent) {
    $parents[] = $parent;
    $key = implode('][', $parents);
    if (isset($form[$key])) {
      return $form[$key];
    }
  }
}