Form Submission Problem

Question

I've a form...

function modulename_myform($form, &$form_state)
{
        $form['my_ta'] = array(
            '#type' => 'textarea',
            '#resizable' => FALSE,
        );
        $form['my_submit'] = array(
            '#type' => 'submit',
            '#input' => TRUE,
            '#value' => 'Submit',
            '#name' => 'sub_1',
            '#button_type' => 'submit',
        );
        return $form;
}

My form couldn't submit any data... So I tried doing two variants...

/* Form Submit */
function modulename_myform_submit($form, &$form_state)
{
    drupal_set_message('Submitted Value @name',array('@name'=>$form_state['values']['my_ta']));
}

Output : Doesn't print anything and says value is null at that location...

/* Form Submit */
function modulename_myform_submit($form, &$form_state)
{
    drupal_set_message(t('Submitting values: @values', array('@values' => var_export($form_state['values']['my_ta'], TRUE))));
}

Output : Prints the Dump with proper values...

Why is that? It should be giving me the text entered in my_ta right? Please help me...

Answer 1

the first attempt doesn't contain t() function in set message function... hence it's failing...

Answer 2

The 1st would not work as it is neither default and nor explicitly defined against #submit. For first to work:

$form['#submit'] = array('modulename_myform_submit')

The 2nd should work.

If still it is not getting submitted then make sure the form is properly rendered and processes by drupal_get_form()