By dru_india on

hi
i am trying to add my tpl.php for node/add/content-type .i have done this thing in drupal 5 by use PHPtemplete function but it is not working in drupal 6
can any one help

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Mark B’s picture

Mark B commented

It depends how you want to do it.

I've written a custom module to support a new node type called "course" (for golf courses), and wanted part of the data entry form to be laid out as a table. There are two pieces to making this work:

  • your theming function
  • an implementation of hook_theme to tell the theming system about your theming function

I've written an implementation of hook_theme:

function course_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'course_node_form' => array(
      'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
    ),
  );
}

then the theming function itself:

function theme_course_node_form($form) {
  $output .= drupal_render($form['title']);
  
  // generate column headers
  $headers[] = array('data' => t('Hole'));
  $headers[] = array('data' => t('Length'));
  $headers[] = array('data' => t('Par'));
  
  for($hole=1; $hole<=9; $hole++) {
    $row['data'][0] = $hole;
    $row['data'][1] = drupal_render($form['holes'][$hole]['length']);
    $row['data'][2] = drupal_render($form['holes'][$hole]['par']);    
    $rows[] = $row;
  }
  
  $output .= theme('table', $headers, $rows); 
  $output .= drupal_render($form);
  
  return $output;
}

Checking the documentation on hook_theme, it looks as though you should be able to add a "template" element to the array in your hook_theme implementation to tell it to use a template file if that's more suited to your particular theming requirements:

function course_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'course_node_form' => array(
      'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
      'template' => 'node-course-edit',
    ),
  );
}

You would then need to create a node-course-edit.tpl.php file in your theme directory. I haven't tried this, so it may still be missing something, but it should at least get you on the right track.

dru_india’s picture

dru_india commented

Thanks it worked

kinderpera’s picture

kinderpera commented

Is not working to me; I tried this very simple example in my template.php:

function mystyle_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'mystyle_node_form' => array(
		'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
    ),
  );
}

function theme_mystyle_node_form($form) {
	return "<h5>WORKS!</h5>";
}

what I'm doing wrong?

kinderpera’s picture

kinderpera commented

ok, if I set up a template it works:

(template.php)

function myadmintheme_theme(&$existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'node_form' => array(
        'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
        'template' => 'ccktype',
    ),
  );
}

(ccktype.tpl.php)

<h5>WORKS!</h5>
mcpuddin’s picture

mcpuddin commented

For those that are trying this but are having issues or for some reason the 'code isn't work', make sure you clear your template cache.

Also, here is a good article that kind of spins off from this same discussion:
http://adaptivethemes.com/using-hook-theme-to-modify-drupal-forms

James McBryan
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mchaplin’s picture

mchaplin commented

To access the $form variables inside a template, you still need the theming function in the template.php even if its just

function theme_course_node_form($form) {
    return $form;
}
OptimusPrime23’s picture

OptimusPrime23 commented

Hi ,

I'm using themename_theme() in my template.php file to add custom node add form. But the same form get loaded for the node edit form as well. How can i used two different templates for node's add form and node's edit form?