Build a simple conditional field in Views 7.x-3.x

You can make conditional fields in views without using additional modules like Views PHP.

In this example, we make the path for a node title automatically link to the node path, to a URL link or to a file path, depending on the content type. Note that this is just an illustration of a concept which can be changed depending on the requirements.

Example

Create the content types

1. Create three content types: News, News URL, News PDF
2. For each content type, create the following fields:
   • News: title, body
   • News URL: fields: title, field_url (link field)
   • News PDF: fields: title, field_pdf (file field)

Add Sample Contents

• News: Node Title (title), Some Text.. (body)
• News URL: URL Title (title), http://www.drupal.org (field_url)
• News PDF: PDF Title (title), upload a pdf file (field_pdf)

Configure Views

1. Create a view, block or page
2. Add the following fields: Content: Title, Content: URL, Content: PDF
3. Add additional fields: Global: Custom Text, Content: Path
4. Arrange the above fields to:
   • Content: PDF
   • Content: URL
   • Content: Path
   • Global: Custom Text
   • Content: Title

Configure fields

1. Content: PDF
   • Exclude from display
   • Formatter: URL to path
   • check hide if empty
2. Content: URL
   • Exclude from display
   • Formatter: URL, as plain text
   • No Result Behavior put [field_pdf]
3. Content: Path
   • Exclude from display
   • Rewrite Results, check Use absolute link (begins with "http://")
4. Global: Custom Text
   • Exclude from display
   • Text: put [field_url]
   • No Result Behavior put [path]
5. Content: Title
   • Uncheck Link this field to the original piece of content
   • Rewrite Results: check Output this field as a link, on path, put [nothing], check Use absolute path

The output should be:

• Node Title
• URL Title
• PDF Title