Sorry, I will have to accept your offer for editing as I am clearly missing something obvious:

function MYTHEME_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
  global $user;
  //alter forms but not for admin account
  if ($user->uid != 1){ //limit it for some users, let's say admin only
    //various irrelevant alterations here
  } else {
    if ($form_id == 'uc_cart_view_form') {
      //add extra registration logic
      $form['#validate'] = array('congr_afternoon_bookings');
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Extra logic
 */
function congr_afternoon_bookings(&$form, &$form_state){
  //check afternoon tours for a max of 2 bookings
  $congr_highlight_afternoon_fields = array();
  $congr_max_afternoon = 0;
  foreach($form['items'] as $key=>&$val) {
    if (isset($val['nid']['#value'])) {
$node = node_load($val['nid']['#value']); //load the node of the corresponding item in the form if ($node->field_product_type['und'][0]['tid'] == 476){ //if the associated term tid is 476 $congr_max_afternoon = $congr_max_afternoon + $val['qty']['#default_value']; //add the quantity field of the item list to our max value $congr_highlight_afternoon_fields[] = $key; //also keep the key in an array
      }
    }
  }
if ($congr_max_afternoon > 2) { //if the max number of quantity items is more than 2 //$form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; //TODO: I am told this is required because otherwise the form is not updated with the newly user inputted figures but it does not work... foreach($congr_highlight_afternoon_fields as $key=>$val) { //for each item in the list if ($key == 0) { //if it is the first one, show the full message which is independent of a specific quantity field form_set_error('','You have tried to buy '.$congr_max_afternoon.' items, but the maximum you can buy is 2. See below for a list of items which you can possibly amend.'); form_set_error('items]['.$val,'Please amend this item: '.$form['items'][$val]['title']['#markup'].'.');
      } else { //for the rest do not show the message only highlight
form_set_error('items]['.$val,'Please amend this item: '.$form['items'][$val]['title']['#markup'].'.');
      }
    }
  }
}

Thanks for looking into this.

Thanasis

On 20/02/12 16:02, Mukesh Agarwal wrote:
http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_form_alter/7
-- the hook takes $form as an argument passed by reference.. so all the
changes you make in $form, it should get reflected in the UI.. Please
share your code if it does not work for you..

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Athanasios Velios <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Hm, I commented the lines in template.php and built a new module
    with the hook_form_alter and additional logic but this does not make
    any difference at all. Exactly the same behaviour...

    Thanasis


    On 20/02/12 09:25, Mukesh Agarwal wrote:

        Yes, Drupal is quite structured and has defined ways to deal with
        stuff.. template.php and hook_form_alter are for 2 different
        purposes
        and in your case writing a custom module which implements the
        hook is
        the right way.

        On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Athanasios Velios
        <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:

            Do you reckon that the problem is putting the code in
        template.php
            instead of a custom module?

            Thanks again,

            Thanasis


            On 20/02/12 08:27, Mukesh Agarwal wrote:

                The place to implement logic based form_set_error should
        be in the
                validate function and not template.php .. I would
        recommend you use
                hook_form_alter
        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/____drupal/modules%21system%____21system.api.php/function/____hook_form_alter/7
        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/__drupal/modules%21system%__21system.api.php/function/__hook_form_alter/7>

        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/__drupal/modules%21system%__21system.api.php/function/__hook_form_alter/7
        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_form_alter/7>>>

                -> $form_id will indicate the form you wish to alter,
        and there
                you can
                add a custom validate function in $form['#validate'] --
        the custom
                function should then take care of form_set_error

        
http://api.drupal.org/api/____drupal/includes%21form.inc/____function/form_set_error/7
        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/__drupal/includes%21form.inc/__function/form_set_error/7>

        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/__drupal/includes%21form.inc/__function/form_set_error/7
        
<http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21form.inc/function/form_set_error/7>>
                -- you need to set the element name as first parameter
        to make
                sure that
                the particular field is highlighted.

                On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Athanasios Velios
        <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:

                    Hello,

                    I am trying to alter a form (uc_cart_view_form) with
        various
                input
                    fields (Qty for products). In template.php I am
        adding some
                extra
                    logic which applies across a selection of these
        fields. Once the
                    logic is checked I need to display an error message.
        I am using
                    form_set_error to show the message. The problem is
        that the user
                    then updates the input values and updates the form,
        but the new
                    figures are not taken into account. They are shown
        in the
                form, but
                    not used in my template.php extra logic.

                    drupal_set_message allows the new values to work but
        the message
                    appears twice and it does not, obviously, link to
        specific
                fields in
                    the form which are problematic.

                    Setting form_state rebuild to true before form_set_error
                does not
                    have an effect.

                    Any ideas of what needs to be done for these values
        to be
                taken into
                    account with form_set_error?

                    Thanks

                    Thanasis




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