date arguments not passed to block view

i've changed the array key, cleared the views / site cache and no change. the year is still not passed as an argument when viewing a node.

here's what i get:

Array ( [0] => news [1] => 2008 [2] => title_of_node )

actually, i wasn't sure if you wanted to add the code to the argument handling code or not. i added it to the top of my page template, instead. if i added your code to the argument handling php nothing was returned.

could this be the problem?

ok, i only see the messages for arg(1) and not when viewing a node. what gives?

that's what i thought, too. so i have the block being shown on every page.

to prove that it is working, i set the block view to show all values if the argument is not passed. and sure enough that's what it does when viewing nodes.

which brings me back to my original question, why is the argument not being passed (or processed) when viewing a node?

nope. completely blank. i've double checked the block visibility and i have no restrictions.

as a test i tried pulling in the nid from the url as an argument with the messages you suggested. this worked when viewing a node. that's why i sort of suspect a problem with the date module argument handling code and viewing nodes.

i'm beginning to think there is a problem with assigning default arguments when viewing nodes. when setting 'Provide default argument', i've tried a variety of options related to passing the year as an argument. 'php code' will not pass the argument in any way when viewing a node. 'current node's creation time' or 'current node's update time' will not pass an argument either when view a node. even 'fixed entry' does not work.

however, 'current date' does correctly provide the argument.

i wish i knew more about the views api so i could do a more exhaustive debug or even track down possible sources of the problem, but i am completely overwhelmed by it.

so i tested this problem on a different drupal installation and had the same issue, default date arguments are not being passed to blocks when viewing a node.

i'm trying to create a list of all the nodes with a user set date corresponding to the year of the currently viewed node. without this ability, my site is dead in the water.

can anyone else try to replicate this problem? i find it hard to believe i'm the only one with the problem so i suspect it's a config issue or similar.

all my attempts at passing an argument to the block (when viewing a node) display the does not validate action.

well, the latest update to the date module has produced some changes. the date arguments that are listed are now clearly distinguished between 'date: date (node)' and 'date: date (user)'. checking my views after update showed that i had indeed set the arguments to 'date: date (user)' which is incorrect.

i've updated all my views to 'date: date (node)' and was enthusiastically hoping this would correct the issue, but it did not.

no matter what i do i can not get a default date argument to be passed to a block display when viewing a node.

i'm happy that i'm not the only one who has experienced this problem.

as a work-around, i created a custom block and used views_embed_view() to display the view. for my example from above following is the code i used with my view name 'news_month'.

<?php
if ((arg(0) == 'news') && (is_numeric(arg(1)))) {
print views_embed_view('news_months', 'block', arg(1));
}
if ((arg(0) == 'node') && (is_numeric(arg(1)))) {
$path = explode('/', drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']));
print views_embed_view('news_months', 'block', $path[1]);
}
if (!arg(1)) {
print views_embed_view('news_months', 'block', date('Y', time()));
}
?>

of course views that are output as a block can except arguments, but not from the url. they are provided via php default argument handling. do it all the time and have several on this site that work correctly.

as for the view export, see below.

$view = new view;
$view->name = 'news_months2';
$view->description = '';
$view->tag = 'news';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
  'field_news_date_value' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 0,
      'text' => '',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
      'html' => 0,
    ),
    'link_to_node' => 0,
    'label_type' => 'none',
    'format' => 'month_year',
    'multiple' => array(
      'multiple_number' => '',
      'multiple_from' => '',
      'multiple_to' => '',
      'group' => TRUE,
    ),
    'repeat' => array(
      'show_repeat_rule' => '',
    ),
    'fromto' => array(
      'fromto' => 'both',
    ),
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'field_news_date_value',
    'table' => 'node_data_field_news_date',
    'field' => 'field_news_date_value',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Override',
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
  'title' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 0,
      'text' => '',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
      'html' => 0,
    ),
    'link_to_node' => 1,
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'title',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'title',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Override',
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
  'date_argument' => array(
    'default_action' => 'default',
    'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
    'style_options' => array(),
    'wildcard' => 'all',
    'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
    'title' => '',
    'default_argument_type' => 'php',
    'default_argument' => '',
    'validate_type' => 'none',
    'validate_fail' => 'not found',
    'date_fields' => array(
      'node_data_field_news_date.field_news_date_value' => 'node_data_field_news_date.field_news_date_value',
    ),
    'year_range' => '-4:+0',
    'date_method' => 'OR',
    'granularity' => 'year',
    'id' => 'date_argument',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'date_argument',
    'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
    'validate_user_roles' => array(
      '2' => 0,
      '3' => 0,
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
    'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
    'default_argument_user' => 0,
    'default_argument_fixed' => '',
    'default_argument_php' => 'if ((arg(0) == \'news\') && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
          return arg(1);
        }
    if ((arg(0) == \'node\') && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
        $path = explode(\'/\', drupal_get_path_alias($_GET[\'q\']));
        return $path[1];
    }',
    'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
      'bgimage' => 0,
      'client' => 0,
      'news' => 0,
      'page' => 0,
      'project' => 0,
    ),
    'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
    'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
    'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
      '1' => 0,
      '2' => 0,
      '3' => 0,
      '4' => 0,
      '5' => 0,
    ),
    'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
    'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
    'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
    'validate_argument_php' => '',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('filters', array(
  'type' => array(
    'operator' => 'in',
    'value' => array(
      'news' => 'news',
    ),
    'group' => '0',
    'exposed' => FALSE,
    'expose' => array(
      'operator' => FALSE,
      'label' => '',
    ),
    'id' => 'type',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'type',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('empty', 'empty.');
$handler->override_option('empty_format', '1');
$handler->override_option('items_per_page', 0);
$handler->override_option('style_plugin', 'list');
$handler->override_option('style_options', array(
  'grouping' => 'field_news_date_value',
  'type' => 'ul',
));
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);