Render a drupal form retrieved by drupal_get_form

Question

In Drupal 7, I have a preprocess function retrieving a form like so:

$contact = drupal_get_form('privatemsg_new');

$contact is then a fully populated form array with the right fields and elements. After that, I tried drupal_render and render, but neither one show a themed output in the node. What do I have to do to display the form?

Answer 1

The correct answer is to use drupal_render, which is used for render arrays like the form is. I tested this with a different form, and got the desired result so what you're doing should be right. Most likely you have a different error some where in your code causing this.

$html = drupal_render(drupal_get_form('form_id', $args)));