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hiddenFieldTag()

hiddenFieldTag() — returns string

Available in: controller Category: Form Tag Functions

Builds and returns a string containing a hidden field form control based on the supplied name. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
namestringyesName to populate in tag’s name attribute.
valuestringnoValue to populate in tag’s value attribute.
encodebooleannotrueWhen set to true, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to attributes to only encode attribute values and not tag content.
<!--- Basic usage usually involves a `name` and `value` --->
#hiddenFieldTag(name="userId", value=user.id)#