State field in forms

[rbarbour]

I pulled the state field from the create_account page:

CODE:

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_STATE == 'true') {
    if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == true) {
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="stateZone" id="zoneLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_STATE; ?></label>
<?php
      echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('zone_id', zen_prepare_country_zones_pull_down($selected_country), $zone_id, 'id="stateZone"');
      if (zen_not_null(ENTRY_STATE_TEXT)) echo '&nbsp;<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_STATE_TEXT . '</span>'; 
    }
?>

<?php if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == true) { ?>
<br class="clearBoth" id="stBreak" />
<?php } ?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="state" id="stateLabel"><?php echo $state_field_label; ?></label>
<?php
    echo zen_draw_input_field('state', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_state', '40') . ' id="state"');
    if (zen_not_null(ENTRY_STATE_TEXT)) echo '&nbsp;<span class="alert" id="stText">' . ENTRY_STATE_TEXT . '</span>';
    if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == false) {
      echo zen_draw_hidden_field('zone_id', $zone_name, ' ');
    }
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>

But the hidden field shows up in the form

CODE:

<?php
    echo zen_draw_input_field('state', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_state', '40') . ' id="state"');
    if (zen_not_null(ENTRY_STATE_TEXT)) echo '&nbsp;<span class="alert" id="stText">' . ENTRY_STATE_TEXT . '</span>';
    if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == false) {
      echo zen_draw_hidden_field('zone_id', $zone_name, ' ');
    }
?>

Anyone know why or how to make this field hidden other than the above code?

[nigelt74]

Is there a reason, you are not just turning of state in admin

Admin --> Configuration --> Customer details -->
State --> set to False

[rbarbour]

Doing that removes the pull down all together. I just wanna remove the hidden field that shows the info if a different country is selected.

[rbarbour]

I figured it out, thanks for everyone's help

[keneso]

Can you please share it with us?

[dw08gm]

I left the state field code in tact and simply moved the country code to the top of the form, where hopefully the country is selected first.

If a country with prescribed states is selected, then the state input box disappears leaving only the state dropdown box.

If a country without prescribed states is selected, then the state dropdown box displays "please type your state below" and the state input box appears below ready for input.

Hope this helps.