Allow parameters in the tabs generation callback

You need to create a module, and prepare a function that fills in the tabs, something like:

function mymodule_mytabs($active=0) {
  $nids = array(10, 11, 12);
  $tabs = array();
  foreach ($nids as $nid) {
    $node = node_view(node_load($nid));
    $tabs[] = array (
      'title' => "node #$nid",
      'content' => $node,
    );
  }
  return $tabs;
}

Then, where you want to print the tabs, you can just call print magic_tabs_get('mymodule_mytabs');

No, you cannot do it at the moment. This is not straight forward to implement due to ajax functionality.

I'll keep this in my task list, and as usual - patches are welcome.

No problem, by submitting this request you already contributed :)

If you are not a programmer, you might want to take a look at http://drupal.org/project/quicktabs which does great work in keeping tabs management PHP-free. You need to know some PHP to use this module...

Quick Patch: Not tested yet
I added an argument to magic_tabs_get

<?php
function magic_tabs_get($callback, $active = 'first', $args = array(), $_ajax = FALSE) {
?>

So we can parse $arguments into the themefunction with call_user_func_array()

When we have this functionality, things like a magic tabs panel style plugin should be possible

// not tested yet

I've committed a fix to the CVS (http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=141819)

I have tested this both with/without JS, with logged in and anonymous, and it seems to work. If you need this and you are brave - please try and let me know if it works.

I updated the documentation of magic_tabs_get() function (the comment above the function), and the example callback now uses arguments - please consult these two on how to use this.

wait i would switch $args and $_ajax in the argument, so all current usages of the module would work without rewrite the code

Take a look at the code, I removed the $_ajax completely, so this is not a problem anymore.

To all who subscribed to this thread - I'll appreciate if you can test the latest dev version and see if it works to your needs.

First, THANKS FOR THIS CLEVER ADDITION!

I just tested it, but I didn't like the way the URL looks for the additional args, so i changed args from serialize/unserialize to implode/explode:

@ Line 108

  //$cb_args = !empty($args) ? urlencode(serialize($args)) : '';
  $cb_args = !empty($args) ? urlencode(implode(';',$args)) : '';

@ Line 168

 //    $args = unserialize($_GET['args']);
     $args = explode(';',$_GET['args']);

Thus for:

print magic_tabs_get('asdf','first',$node->nid);

http://server/node/4011?asdf_tab=0&referer=node/4011&args=a:1:{i:0;s:4:"4011";}
... becomes ...
http://server/node/4011?asdf_tab=0&referer=node/4011&args=4011

NOTE this is untested with multiple arguments of varying TYPES, the best thing i can recommend is to just be sure to cast correctly in your callback if you need something other than text. In my case, I cast the first extra arg to an int (since its always going to be the $nid).

I'm sure if someone wanted, this could even be improved by JSON-izing the args instead of serialize or implode/explode ;)

Cheers!

i like this idea:

Its additional, i think a little bit faster ^^

$  php implode.php
1.20513796806342
$  php serialize.php
1.4147288799286

We have to create an array out of the ; ; ; String.

This could be done with

<?php
$array = array();
foreach (explode() as $value) {
  $array[] = $value;
}
?>

Any other suggestions?

The problem with the implode/explode scheme is that it is limited in the type and value of the variables themselves. For example, if you want to send an array, or a string with ';' in it, it will fail completely.
The only way I know to keep this non-JS friendly, is to send arguments on the URL, and the only safe way I know to send (unknown types of) arguments in the URL is to serialize them.

Bump...What do I place in the code to use the product description in the first magic tab?

The product description print statement is this: print $node->content['body']['#value']
So how come I can't place those values in the code below for magic tabs?

print magic_tabs_get('magic_tabs_example_callback');

Please help me I have wasted a lot of time trying to figure this out and read alot of threads with no luck.

Thanks,