Is this a custom form (as opposed to user or group profiles for example)?

If so, the subtype should be form_data.

Also, form_id is a piece of metadata so you have the wrong function call. Use elgg_get_entities_from_metadata.

or list_entities_from_metadata

thank you. will test and give feedback :)

thank you. this did the trick. :)

it was a custom form so I was using the wrong subtype. however it did work like I hoped with elgg_list_entities even with the metadata. was that pure luck and random? is list_entities_from_metadata what I really should be using?

Yes. I expect that it works because it just happens to find the correct data (maybe because it was the latest form_data added?)

yes it was the latest form added. thank you for pointing this out for me!

however I only get the feedback "array" with elgg_list_entities_from_metadata. Tried looking around and found it was done in another way then.

so I tried

elgg_get_entities_from_metadata(array('metadata_names' => 'nyheter', 'subtype' => 'form_data', 'limit' => 4, 'full_view' => FALSE, 'view_type_toggle' => FALSE, 'pagination' => TRUE));

where nyheter is the name of the newest form_data. I also tried with the id 24

got empty feedback.

tried using type instead of subtype as well btw as some examples showed.

This is really a question about the basic Elgg API, not the form plugin.

I think if you just use

list_entities_from_metadata('form_id', 24, 'object', 'form_data', 0, 4, false, false);

you should get what you want.

okay. sorry for asking in wrong thread then. but thanx for answering me anyway :)

(your answered did the trick btw in case anyone else stops by and wonders)