I have made a custom module for Drupal 7 that works with user data (has it's own db tables and classes that do some logic with these data). I want to show them on user's profile but I do not want to use drupal fields etc (I dont need another db tables to store the data)..
Simply put, on each user profile I need to instantiate new class from my module (e.g. new UserDataPresenter($user_id)) and on the profile itself I need to "inject" (?) some html/php data e.g.:
<?php $user = new UserDataPresenter($user_id); ?>
e.g. <b>User's apples: <?php echo $user->getUserApples() ?>
etc...
This would be shown at the top of the user profile, something like this:
Is this possible in Drupal 7 (without any external modules)
I just want to present the user relevant data on each user's profile page - that's it! Nothing more.
Thank you for your answer.
You could use the hook hook_user_view_alter()
function MYMODULE_user_view_alter(&$build) {
$build['#post_render'][] = 'MYMODULE_user_post_render';
}
function MYMODULE_user_post_render($arg1, $form) {
$user_id = $form['#account']->uid ;
$user = new UserDataPresenter($user_id);
return "<b>User's apples: ".$user->getUserApples() ;
}
Edit Instead of using #post_render, you could directly add an entry into the $build array :
function MYMODULE_user_view_alter(&$build) {
$uid = $build['#account']->uid;
$user = new UserDataPresenter($uid);
$build['my_html'] = [
'#markup' => '<b>User\'s apples: '.$user->getUserApples().'</b>',
'#weight' => 99,
] ;
}
Then use could #weight to place your markup at the place you want.
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I am trying to modify a field collection in a node that already exists so I can change an image on the first element in an array of 3. The problem is, the hostEntity info is not set when I do a entity_load or entity_load_single so when I do a:
$field_collection_item->save(true); // with or without the true
// OR
$fc_wrapper->save(true); // with or without the true
I get the following error:
Exception: Unable to save a field collection item without a valid reference to a host entity. in FieldCollectionItemEntity->save()
When i print_r the field collection entity the hostEntity:protected fields are indeed empty. My field collection is setup as follows:
field_home_experts
Expert Image <--- Want to change this data only and keep the rest below
field_expert_image
Image
Expert Name
field_expert_name
Text
Expert Title
field_expert_title
Text
Here is the code I am trying to use to modify the existing nodes field collection:
$node = getNode(1352); // Get the node I want to modify
// There can be up to 3 experts, and I want to modify the image of the first expert
$updateItem = $node->field_home_experts[LANGUAGE_NONE][0];
if ($updateItem) { // Updating
// Grab the field collection that currently exists in the 0 spot
$fc_item = reset(entity_load('field_collection_item', array($updateItem)));
// Wrap the field collection entity in the field API wrapper
$fc_wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('field_collection_item', $fc_item);
// Set the new image in place of the current
$fc_wrapper->field_expert_image->set((array)file_load(4316));
// Save the field collection
$fc_wrapper->save(true);
// Save the node with the new field collection (not sure this is needed)
node_save($node);
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am still quite new to Drupal as a whole (end-user or developer)
Alright so I think I have figured this out, I wrote up a function that will set a field collection values:
// $node: (obj) node object returned from node_load()
// $collection: (string) can be found in drupal admin interface:
// structure > field collections > field name
// $fields: (array) see usage below
// $index: (int) the index to the element you wish to edit
function updateFieldCollection($node, $collection, $fields = Array(), $index = 0) {
if ($node && $collection && !empty($fields)) {
// Get the field collection ID
$eid = $node->{$collection}[LANGUAGE_NONE][$index]['value'];
// Load the field collection with the ID from above
$entity = entity_load_single('field_collection_item', array($eid));
// Wrap the loaded field collection which makes setting/getting much easier
$node_wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('field_collection_item', $entity);
// Loop through our fields and set the values
foreach ($fields as $field => $data) {
$node_wrapper->{$field}->set($data);
}
// Once we have added all the values we wish to change then we need to
// save. This will modify the node and does not require node_save() so
// at this point be sure it is all correct as this will save directly
// to a published node
$node_wrapper->save(true);
}
}
USAGE:
// id of the node you wish to modify
$node = node_load(123);
// Call our function with the node to modify, the field collection machine name
// and an array setup as collection_field_name => value_you_want_to_set
// collection_field_name can be found in the admin interface:
// structure > field collections > manage fields
updateFieldCollection(
$node,
'field_home_experts',
array (
'field_expert_image' => (array)file_load(582), // Loads up an existing image
'field_expert_name' => 'Some Guy',
'field_expert_title' => 'Some Title',
)
);
Hope this helps someone else as I spent a whole day trying to get this to work (hopefully I won't be a noob forever in Drupal7). There may be an issue getting formatted text to set() properly but I am not sure what that is at this time, so just keep that in mind (if you have a field that has a format of filtered_html for example, not sure that will set correctly without doing something else).
Good luck!
Jake
I was still getting the error, mentioned in the question, after using the above function.
This is what worked for me:
function updateFieldCollection($node, $collection, $fields = Array(), $index = 0) {
$eid = $node->{$collection}[LANGUAGE_NONE][$index]['value'];
$fc_item = entity_load('field_collection_item', array($eid));
foreach ($fields as $field => $data) {
$fc_item[$eid]->{$field}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] = $data;
}
$fc_item[$eid]->save(TRUE);
}
I hope this helps someone as it took me quite some time to get this working.
I have a user registration form in the front end (in the Users admin section as well) with three extra fields (apart from default ones): birthday, country, language. their values are stored in usermeta table.
I have this action hook to retireve all meta data for the registered user:
add_action('user_register', 'new_user_func');
// user registration callback function
function new_user_func($userID) {
$newUser = get_user_meta( $userID );
$userMeta = array();
foreach ($newUser as $key => $value) {
$userMeta[$key] = $value[0];
}
//do something with $userMeta...
}
var_dump($userMeta) after submit doesn't give me the extra fields value though.. only defaults (first name, last name etc)
Anyone know what might be the case?
Did you try getting the values with:
$meta = get_the_author_meta($meta_key, $user_id);
Perhaps the meta values you add yourself isn't supported by get_user_meta() .
If this don't work either, perhaps you need to look on how you went about creating the new meta fields. Theres a pretty decent tutorial on how to do it here:
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/09/10/adding-and-using-custom-user-profile-fields
Read de Codex entry for user_register action, it says:
Not all user metadata has been stored in the database when this action is triggered.
I need some additional functionality added to user_pass_submit. This must be added without changing the core. What is the hook I would use to do this?
Thanks.
You should be able to use hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() to replace the submit handler for the user_pass form with your own module's copy of user_pass_submit, altered as necessary.
Something like this...
function MODULE_form_user_pass_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
$form['#submit'] = array('MODULE_user_pass_submit');
}
function MODULE_user_pass_submit($form, &$form_state) {
global $language;
$account = $form_state['values']['account'];
// Mail one time login URL and instructions using current language.
_user_mail_notify('password_reset', $account, $language);
watchdog('user', 'Password reset instructions mailed to %name at %email.', array('%name' => $account->name, '%email' => $account->mail));
drupal_set_message(t('Further instructions have been sent to your e-mail address.'));
$form_state['redirect'] = 'user';
return;
}
Of course, this falls down if you have multiple modules trying to do
Goal: Is to save information of a node which gets updated. We need to gather the node id of the node which is updated and also the user names of people who have bookmarked it.
Implementation:
I have managed to get the both this detail using flags and rules module. I made a custom module which implemented the hook to get this info.
I am getting stuck here:
Now I need to save the user name and the node id. I am still deciding if I want to use fields or the db layer.
One username can have multiple node id saved.
Now the problem is I don't know for sure how many nodes will be enough. It depends on the user. It can be 5 can be 500 or even 5000 node ids that might need to be saved for one user.
So how do I make provision for this ?
So I am stuck with the logic. How should I use the db layer or the fields in custom content type to save this ? and how should I do it ?
Please advice. I am using d7.
custom module code
/*
* Implementation of the hook_rules_action_info()
*
*/
function customvishal_rules_action_info()
{
$actions = array(
'customvishal_action_userdetail' => array(
'label' =>t('Custom function to send notifications'),
'group'=>t('Cusotm Code for sending notifications'),
'parameter'=> array(
'account'=> array(
'type'=>'user',
'label'=>t('Going to get user list'),
),
// for the node
'productdetail'=> array(
'type'=>'node',
'label'=>t('Passding the node data'),
),
)
),
);
return $actions;
}
/*
* The action function for the rules exampled hello world
*
*/
function customvishal_action_userdetail($account,$productdetail)
{
drupal_set_message(t('This user #username! has flagged it',
array('#username' => $account->mail)));
drupal_set_message(t('This node #nid has got updated',
array('#nid' => $productdetail->nid)));
// The above takes care of the node and the user information later I will put
// it in a db or something like that.
// end of the function customvishal_action_userdetail
}
It really seems like you should be using hook_node_update() and hook_node_insert() to for access to nodes that have just been added or updated.
If you wanted access to the node data just before it was saved, then hook_node_presave() would be the one to use.
I don't think you need presave though because you mentioned you needed the node ID, and presave does not have that for new nodes yet.
Here's a way to process new and updated nodes. The first 2 functions just hook into the right place and route the node to the 3rd function.
<?php
// hook into node inserts
function customvishal_node_insert($node) {
if ($node->type == 'mynodetype') {
customvishal_handle_data($node);
}
}
// hook into node updates
function customvishal_node_update($node) {
if ($node->type == 'mynodetype') {
customvishal_handle_data($node);
}
}
// custom handler for the nodes
function customvishal_handle_data($node) {
// load a user object of the node's author
$author = user_load($node->uid);
// now do what we need to do with $node and $user data
}
Remember you need to clear the Drupal cache for new hooks in your module to work in D7.
I've created a simple module for displaying a flash game in a custom block by overwriting game_block_view() and game_block_info() in the sites/default/modules/game.module and it works ok.
I need however to pass user avatar and also gender and city (I've added the 2 mandatory fields to the registration form) through the FlashVars-parameter to the flash game in my block.
So I'm trying to overload the hook_user_load, because I suppose that this is the method where you add properties to the $user object after it has been initiated from the database (this probably happens when the user logins or alters his/her profile data?):
function game_user_load($users) {
global $user;
$uid = $user->uid;
$result = db_query('select filename from {file_managed} where uid=:uid', array(':uid' => array($uid)));
$avatar = $result->fetchField();
$users[$uid]->avatar = $avatar;
drupal_set_message("<pre>$uid: $avatar</pre>\n");
print_r($users);
}
Unfortunately I see no output produced by the last 2 lines above in the web page
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
Alex
The global user object does not go through hook_user_load(), see http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--session.inc/function/_drupal_session_read/7. Don't ask me why, that's just the way it is :)
When using user_load(), any added fields will automatically be loaded, you don't need custom code for that. You just need to know how to access them, which is a bit complicated.
Something like this should work:
global $user;
// $account is now a fully loaded user object.
$account = user_load($user->uid);
// Your field name is probably 'field_avatar'.
if ($avatar = field_get_items('user', $account, 'field_avatar')) {
dpm($avatar); // only works with devel.module, strongly suggested!
}