Best way to create nested fields

Posted by mecha572 on February 23, 2013 at 2:21pm

Hi. What would be the best way to go about displaying the contents of one field within another?

For example, I created a Pull Quote text field that I want to display within my Body. Can I accomplish this with just render in the template?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

If the pull quote is actually

Posted by nevets on February 23, 2013 at 3:55pm

If the pull quote is actually from the body there is the Pull Quote module.

Thanks but it is not. It is a

Posted by mecha572 on February 23, 2013 at 6:39pm

Thanks but it is not. It is a separate custom field.

I just used body as an example. I am actually wondering if nesting one field within another is possible without a module. I'm wondering if it can be done purely through the templates.

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Posted by WorldFallz on February 23, 2013 at 10:34pm

Yes, you can do it in a template file but it's going to require php string manipulation functions. There's no way to say 'put this field in this field' provided by core or contrib that i know of.

You could also do it with js/jquery.

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