Redirect to anchor after form validation

Question

I am trying to redirect users to the anchor of the error form field after form validation.

In the form I set the form validation handler with the following code.

$form['#validate'] = 'my_form_validate';

In the validation handler, if the form shows some error message, I am trying to scroll to error field.

function my_form_validate() {
    ...
    $form_state['redirect'] = 'node/' . $form['nid']['#value'] . '#' . $error_field_anchor;
    ...
}

The form is not redirecting after validation.

I have tried other paths, such as user/1, node/123 without anchor but the form is not getting redirected to that one.

Answer 1

Use this and put in you form

$form_state['redirect'] = 'url';

Answer 2

What you're looking for is drupal_redirect_form($form_state). In the validation function, set the redirect element in $form_state to the parameters used by drupal_goto().

function my_form_validate() {
  // @TODO: Add validation function check
  $form_state['redirect'] = array('node/' . $form['nid']['#value'], array('fragment' => $error_field_anchor));
  drupal_redirect_form($form_state);
}