form in a .tpl.php file

Question

This is the code in my template.php file.

function studiga_theme_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {    
    $items['add_property_form'] = array(
        'render element' => 'form',
        'template' => 'node--14',
        'path' => drupal_get_path('theme', 'studiga_theme') . '/templates/node',
    );

    return $items;
}


 function custom_add_property_form($form, &$form_state) {
    $form['first_name'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('First name')),
    );
    $form['last_name'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('Last name')),
    );
    $form['address'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('Address')),
    );
    $form['city'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('City')),
    );
    $form['state'] = array(
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#options' => array(
            'default' => 'State',
            '...' => '...',
        ),
    );
    $form['zip'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('Zip')),
    );
    $form['email'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('Email')),
    );
    $form['phone'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#attributes' => array('placeholder' => t('Phone')),
    );
    $form['submit'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => 'Submit',
    );

    return $form;
}

This is the code in node--14.tpl.php.

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<div class="row">
    <div class="small-12 medium-12 large-8 large-offset-2 columns">
        <?php print render($form['submit']); ?>
    </div>
</div>

But no fields are appearing - what am I doing wrong? You can't have a straight forward in a tpl.php file can you?

Answer 1

Given your definition of studiga_theme_theme(), Drupal will never call custom_add_property_form() because there isn't any relation between the theme template you define, and that function. Eventually, you could implement the preprocess function for that theme template, and set there a variable that is passed to the template.

function studiga_theme_preprocess_add_property_form(&$variables) {
  $variables['form'] = /* define here the form */;
}

Now your theme template will get a $form variable.

Keep in mind that, except in a case, themes don't define forms; that is the task for a module. Eventually, themes can alter a form provided by a module, but (generally speaking) you will never see a theme that defines a form that is not for its own settings.

Answer 2

I think your theme name(studiga_theme) is wrong. Try making it just "studiga". "_theme" is reserved word in Drupal. I also faced similar issue once. Hope that will resolve your problem.