By jmlavarenne on

I'm trying to store a format for a field for nodes in a module I've created.

I can add the radio button to the form like this in hook_form()

<?php

/**
* Implementation of hook_form().
*/
function mymodule_form(&$node) {
// ...snip
$form['instructions'] = array(
'#type' => 'textarea',
'#title' => t('User instructions'),
'#cols' => 50,
'#rows' => 8,
'#description' => t('Instructions for the user on how to use this'),
'#default_value' => isset($node->instructions) ? $node->instructions : '',
);
$form['instructions_format'] = filter_form($node->instructions_format);
// ...snip
}

Whichever format I select, when inserting with hook_inster the value of $node->instruction_format is always 0.

I'm searching and googling but not finding... Thanks for any help!

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jmlavarenne commented

Can't edit first post and forgot to put closing tag for php display


/**
* Implementation of hook_form().
*/
function mymodule_form(&$node) {
   // ...snip
  $form['instructions'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => t('User instructions'),
    '#cols' => 50,
    '#rows' => 8,
    '#description' => t('Instructions for the user on how to use this'),
    '#default_value' => isset($node->instructions) ? $node->instructions : '',
   );
  $form['instructions_format'] = filter_form($node->instructions_format);
  // ...snip
}

Also in case this is where I'm messing up here's how I'm attempting to implement hook_insert :

/**
 * Implemetation of hook_insert().
 */
function mymodule_insert($node) {
  if (!isset($node->instructions)) {
    $node->instructions = '';
  }
  db_query("INSERT INTO {mymodule_content} (vid, nid, email, instructions, instructions_format) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", $node->vid, $node->nid, $node->email, $node->instructions, $node->instructions_format);
}
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jmlavarenne commented

Seems I more or less stumbled upon it by luck and gorilla methodology. Imagine a gorilla managing to turn on the radio by randomly slapping around on it - you can say the gorilla turned on the radio, but you can't say that the gorilla learned how to use the radio :)

A combination of half understanding the instructions on p.148 of Pro Drupal Development and the Ubercart sourcecode showing up on page 7 of a google search led me to try this:


  $form['instructions'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => t('User instructions'),
    '#cols' => 50,
    '#rows' => 8,
    '#description' => t('Instructions for the user on how to use this.'),
    '#default_value' => isset($node->instructions) ? $node->instructions : '',
  );
  $form['instructions_format'] = filter_form($node->instructions_format, NULL, array('instructions_format'));

I have a field in my database table for this content type names "instructions_format" and the appropriate value gets stored in it (by magic). Now I'm going to go have a banana.

Now lets see if the input format actually gets used when the content is displayed, or if I have to go APE... err... I mean API on it.

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jmlavarenne commented

And the way to do this, for anybody else stumbling along at home, in the hook_view() implementation, as such :

check_markup($node->instructions, $node->instructions_format, FALSE);
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tpainton commented

I too was sifting through with a bananna looking at page 148 of Pro Drupal Development very confused, beating my chest, eating lice when I found this post.

My problem now is that when I edit, the field isn't populating.. Database is okay and assigned, but nothing in the edit field..

OHHH OHHH AIII AIII OHHH (best ape imitation)

Any help appreciated.