I know that I can modify a view and enter php snippets into the header and/or footer fields.

What I would like to know is if there is some hook_views which would allow my module to insert a php snippet into a view footer on the fly?

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dawehner
Primary language German
commented

there is the hook:
hook_views_pre_render (&$view)

i think you can use it to solve your problem

Found at http://views.doc.logrus.com/

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somebodysysop commented

Thank you. This looks like it should do it. Just have to figure out how to modify the view footer.

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dawehner
Primary language German
commented

you could write a handbook or a blog entry if you managed to do it

by the way, you could also use hook_preprocess_...

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merlinofchaos commented

In prerender you could:

  $view->display_handler->set_option('footer', $text);

Note that the text will be run through check_markup using 'footer_format', so you may have to change that as well. (You can get original text via get_option).

THis function will check default display too so you don't have to worry about overrides.

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somebodysysop commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thank you! Haven't tried it yet, but I believe this is exactly what I was looking for.

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somebodysysop commented

Here's the code I used:

/**
 * Implementation of hook_views_pre_render()
 */
function views_mail_views_pre_render(&$view) {
  if (variable_get("views_mail_debug", 0) == 1) {
    drupal_set_message('pre_render tag : '. $view->tag); // DEBUG
    drupal_set_message('<pre>'. print_r($view, TRUE) .'</pre>'); // DEBUG
  }
  // If set, display link on view
  if (variable_get('views_mail_view_link', 0) == 1) {
    if ($view->tag == 'views_mail') {
      $view->display_handler->set_option('footer', '<--My PHP CODE HERE-->');
      $view->display_handler->set_option('footer_format', '3');
      $view->display_handler->set_option('footer_empty', 0);
    }
  }
}

Works like a charm! Again, thanks for the help.

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junedkazi commented

I have also posted a write up of how to use the pre alter function for views.
The link is http://drupal.org/node/438370.
Pls do let me know if I have done anything wrong.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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gauravary commented
Version: 6.x-2.x-dev » 5.x-1.6
Status: Closed (fixed) » Needs review

Hi,

I guess the hook "hook_views_pre_render()" only works for drupal 6. Is there any way to acomplish it for Drupal 5?

Thanks in advance!

Gaurav

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gauravary commented
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dawehner’s picture

dawehner
Primary language German
commented
Status: Active » Fixed

There is hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$items);fi

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kenorb commented

#6
Solution to: Views 3?
See: #749452: $view->display_handler->set_option('footer',$options) does not add footer in pre-render hook

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jessehs
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Primary language English
Location Taos, New Mexico
commented

Note that you can check to see which view and display you're modifying by the $view->name and $view->current_display properties of the view object. Without wrapping your custom logic in a conditional statement, you'd be modifying every view. Ex:

<?php
if ($view->name == 'my_view_machine_name' && $view->current_display == 'block_1') {
 ... custom code here...
}
?>