How do I manually print fields from Views 3 and Drupal 7, It was possible in D6.

By krymp on 11 Oct 2011 at 12:55 UTC

This was so easy to do in D6, now I am trying to get up to speed using Drupal 7. I have been going at this for hours but can't seem to find a way to manually print fields from a view into a custom view page.

In D6 I used to create a views template,
for example: views-view-fields--video--block-1.tpl.php

Then in there I would give my custom css wrap around the field code like this

print $fields['field_video_link_embed']->content;

`print $fields['title']->content;`

print $fields['body']->content;

Tags: print $fields['tid']->content;

print $fields['field_video_rating_rating']->content;

Now when in Drupal 7 I try to put in the new views template, I get an error:
Notice: Undefined variable: fields in include() (line 52 of /templates/views-view--message-post--block.tpl.php).
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in include() (line 52 of /templates/views-view--message-post--block.tpl.php).

Does anyone know how to bring over the fields manually

Comments

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WorldFallz commented 11 October 2011 at 13:09

I'm not sure about how the syntax has changed, but just do a print_r (dsm if you use devel) on the $fields array to see the structure.

Under theme settings in Views

shadcn commented 11 October 2011 at 14:45

Under theme settings in Views UI, look for the Row style output. (NOT style output). $fields variables is not available in Style Output.

Thanks Arshad, that was it, I

krymp commented 15 October 2011 at 02:08

Thanks Arshad, that was it, I was using the wrong theme file.

What is a quick way to see all the fields names without having to go through the Views UI?

I tried using this but my page comes up empty after I add it in.

 print_r($fields)

I also use devel, but don't know what the shortcut is to add it in.

The devel function is

shadcn commented 15 October 2011 at 07:26

The devel function is dsm().

dsm($fields);

...so how do I print

andrew smith commented 21 February 2013 at 18:13

...so how do I print 'title'?

<?php
print $fields['title']->content;
?>

That would print the group title (what ever that is :-) )

langweer commented 12 March 2013 at 08:28

To print the title of the view you can use

print $view->get_title();

At least, that works for me to get the title of the view printed via the template.

the same

MtnMn commented 15 August 2013 at 18:10

I'm have the same problem. I have the file: views-view-unformatted--products.tpl.php.
In that file I have: print $fields['field_product_exterior_width']->content;

Once saved and uploaded my view gets the errors:
Notice: Undefined variable: fields in include() ....
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in include() ....

This should be easy but I have been on this for days.

Thank you in advance