How to display a custom form in a newly created template page

Question

I do have a hook_form in my custom module and also have a customized page.tpl.php file .Is there any way by which you can pass the form to the tpl page.I thought of passing the $form variable to the tpl page through the hook_theme function but that is quite not working.

Answer 1

The standard method is to use a preprocess function, either in your theme or module

function MYMODULE_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
  $vars['some_form'] = drupal_get_form('MYMODULE_some_form');
}

Then in the template file:

<?php echo $some_form; ?>

You'll need to clear the caches after implementing the hook for the theme registry to pick it up.