This is a PHP function I wrote that helps simulating a drupal get form for Views Exposed Filters, it returns the exposed form array so you can theme it or alter it:
function _get_exposed_form($view, $display_id){
$view = views_get_view($view);
$view->set_display($display_id);
$view->init_handlers();
$form_state = array(
'view' => $view,
'display' => $view->display_handler->display,
'exposed_form_plugin' => $view->display_handler->get_plugin('exposed_form'),
'method' => 'get',
'rerender' => TRUE,
'no_redirect' =… Read more
function _get_exposed_form($view, $display_id){
$view = views_get_view($view);
$view->set_display($display_id);
$view->init_handlers();
$form_state = array(
'view' => $view,
'display' => $view->display_handler->display,
'exposed_form_plugin' => $view->display_handler->get_plugin('exposed_form'),
'method' => 'get',
'rerender' => TRUE,
'no_redirect' =… Read more