I am trying to add some of the content from the "body" field into my teaser. I assume i would use the variable: 

$node->content['body']['#value']

although this variable only holds the data:

<p><br class="clear" />

even though there is 3 paragraphs of text in the body field.

ideally i would like the std drupal "teaser" concept of just adding the first 600 char or so of the body field but since i have also used contemplate to theme the full page view and i have put images in the top of the full page; the $node->teaser variable is no longer usable in the teaser. I think there is built in Drupal function however to give me a smart clipped portion of a string (i.e. the body) - but alas - i seem to have no BODY content.

Peter Lindstrom
LiquidCMS - Content Management Solution Experts

Comments

liquidcms’s picture

liquidcms commented

sorry my point about using teaser was explained wrong.

Since i am using contemplate to redefine the teaser - i can no longer use the $node->teaser variable inside the teaser template. In other words once i use contemplate to redefine the teaser it is no lnger the std drupal "teaser" of 600 char of the "body" field.

although original issue still is correct - the "body" field in my teaser template is empty

liquidcms’s picture

liquidcms commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

ok, nevermind.. it seems that it was only one node that was showing body as empty and it seems like it may have been caused by Tiny throwing a pile of useless span tags into the opening paragraph. Still not sure how this could delete almost all the content from the body variable - but cleaning up the content of that field has fixed the issue.