/**
* Returns a 'safe' element's value
*
* @param array array of submitted values to search
* @param bool whether to return the value as associative array
* @access public
* @return mixed
*/
function exportValue(&$submitValues, $assoc = false)
{
if ($this->ajax || $this->tags) {
// When this was an ajax request, we do not know the allowed list of values.
$value = $this->_findValue($submitValues);
if (null === $value) {
$value = $this->getValue();
}
// Quickforms inserts a duplicate element in the form with
// this value so that a value is always submitted for this form element.
// Normally this is cleaned as a side effect of it not being a valid option,
// but in this case we need to detect and skip it manually.
if ($value === '_qf__force_multiselect_submission' || $value === null) {
$value = '';
}
return $this->_prepareValue($value, $assoc);
} else {
return parent::exportValue($submitValues, $assoc);
}
}
