I have a business review site, and I would like to display the business info at the top of the review form using a View Block.

When users decide to review a business they actually create a node of type review. This content type has an entity reference field that is pre-populated based on the URL to relate it back to the correct business. As a result, the URL does contain an NID, but just not for the current node since the page is actually a content creation page and not a node. Is there a way to use the Contextual Filter/Argument setting of "Content ID from URL" to grab this NID, and populate the View's fields based on it, even though it is not in a spot where the module expects it to be?

I tried to make this as clear as I could, but if any further clarification is needed, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks in advance for any help.

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dawehner’s picture

dawehner
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CreditAttribution: dawehner commented

If you want you can use the get raw id from url default argument if you need that.

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mrweiner CreditAttribution: mrweiner commented

Hadn't thought of doing that. However, when I do, it isnt' working for me. I'm assuming the format of the url is still a problem. It is formatted as "node/add/review?field_venue_reference_review=9", so the raw id isn't an isolated component of the url. The use is that the url is being used to populate an entity reference field through a module, so I don't think that I can change the path of the url.

xaqrox’s picture

xaqrox
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Location Washington, D.C.
CreditAttribution: xaqrox commented
Issue summary: View changes

You should be able to use the "PHP Code" option and do something like return $_GET['field_venue_reference_review'];.

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MustangGB CreditAttribution: MustangGB commented
Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

Closing this as outdated to tidy up a bit around here. If you're still having problems with the latest release please create a new issue.