Cannot reference $static to pass data from one phpcode field to another

$static works per field and allows to reuse data per row for that field.

You can manipulate $this directly, which is an object of type views_customfield_handler_field_phpcode, derived from views_handler_field. So you can set $this->img_path in field #1 and read it in field #2 row #1 and read it in row #2 (sorry for the confusion my mistake has caused).

Can I make $static into an array or object so I can store more than one bit of data per row?

eg:

  $static['mw'] = ($_GET['mw'] * 1000);

Thanks for the great module.

Can I make $static into an array or object so I can store more than one bit of data per row?

eg:

  $static['mw'] = ($_GET['mw'] * 1000);

Thanks for the great module.

@mpaler: You should be able to. The best way to know is to try :-)

Not getting any errors and values are returned as expected. So yes, I believe it works.

Thanks.

I'm back.

I'm trying to perform the task described in #4 above where you set the value of something in one custom php field so it's accessible in another php field on the same row.

In field one I do:

$this->test = "5";

in field 2 I do:

print $this->test;

and nothing prints.

Any thoughts? Am I understanding this incorrectly?

Mike

setting to active.

I re-read my earlier comment and I was mistaken. Very sorry about that. To reiterate, you cannot share values *across fields*, but you can share values *across rows* of the same field. If you want to achieve the same across fields, the immediate solution that comes to mind is using $_SESSION.

I dont know if it's recommended, but i use $data->something to share data between fields.
However, that does not work across rows, so you will have to first use $data->myvar to pass it to another field and then $static->myvar=$data->myvar to pass it to the next row.

Other way is to use set_var() to store the data in to database and then get_var() to retrieve it, but that fills the variable table which is not very good solution
if you will be writing lots of stuff to there.

Third way is ofcourse to make new database table for your data and use normal mysql functions to write and read.

Thanks.

I'm able to reference custom fields across a row by doing a print_r($data); in a field and looking for the referenced custom field. They look like the following:

$data->customfield_phpcode_5;
$data->customfield_phpcode_6;

etc.

Thanks,
Mike

Neat, never noticed that. Learning is fun!

I didn't see my customfield fields via print_r($data); Where can be the problem?

I don't see them in there either tbh :(

Put it right in the php customfield itself. If you have devel enabled, you can do dpm($data); as well.

Remember that in views the data is available only from preceeding fields. So if you have your fields like this:

1. customfield 1
2. customfield 2
3. customfield 3: print_r($data);
4. customfield 4
5. customfield 5

You will see the data only from fields 1-3(well, did not actually test with customfield, but that's how it is atleast with all the other fields).

@drkdn
I thought the same thing you did. The note at the bottom of each Customfield: PHP code field says: "$static: can be used to store reusable data per row." but as casey points out it's only available in that field.

When you want to pass data from one field to another across the row then append the data object like so:
$data->img_path = $img_path;
$data->img_path is then available to all other Customfield: PHP code fields in that row.

Okay, so, it’s been almost a decade since this issue was started, ¾ decade since the last comment (@_vid’s #25 itself referencing @casey’s #1[!]) remarked specifically on how misleading the “help” text for the $static variable is to claim that it’s per row instead of per field. Since then, the PHP part of Views Customfield has been spun off into a new project, Views PHP and has even had a 7.x-2.x branch since then.

Guess what the “help” text still says even in the latest -dev release of Views PHP, after all this time, and after the misleading nature of it has been known this long?

• $static: A variable that can be used to store reusable data per row.