Let\'s say I have a form that collects a first name and a last name:
$first_name = new Zend_Form_Element_Text(\'first_name\'); $first_name->setLabel(\"First N
FYI - in Zend_Form, $form->populate($data) just makes a call to $form->setDefaults($data).
$form->populate($data)
$form->setDefaults($data)