By damd on

I'm trying to use a different page template if the request URI matches a regular expression. I've read guides and manuals all over the place but nothing seems to help.

function my_theme_name_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
  $curr_uri = check_plain(request_uri());
  if (preg_match("/\?shadowbox=1$/", $curr_uri) && module_exists('shadowbox')) {
    $vars['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = 'shadowbox';
    dpm("Using Shadowbox");
    kpr($vars);
  }
}

The dpm and kpr calls are being made but it's not using templates/shadowbox.tpl.php for some reason. I have cleared the cache and everything, but still nothing.

Any ideas?

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damd commented

Bump. Any ideas?

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damd commented

Sorry to bump this again, but if no one has a good answer to this, could it really be a Drupal 7 bug? Seems to me that I'm doing everything according to the documentation and all the other forum threads I've been able to find about the matter.

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damd commented

Finally, I have solved the problem. Apparently 'shadowbox' is not a valid name to override a page template. I changed it to 'page__shadowbox', created a template called 'page--shadowbox.tpl.php' and now it works fine.

Phew.