'Render Example',
'page callback' => 'render_example_info',
'access callback' => TRUE,
);
$items['examples/render_example/altering'] = array(
'title' => 'Alter pages and blocks',
'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
'page arguments' => array('render_example_demo_form'),
'access arguments' => array('access devel information'),
);
$items['examples/render_example/arrays'] = array(
'title' => 'Render array examples',
'page callback' => 'render_example_arrays',
'access callback' => TRUE,
);
return $items;
}
/**
* Simple basic information about the module; an entry point.
*/
function render_example_info() {
return t('The render example provides a
', array('!arrays' => url('examples/render_example/arrays'), '!alter' => url('examples/render_example/altering')));
}
/**
* Provides a number of render arrays and show what they do.
* Each array is keyed by a description; it's returned for rendering at page
* render time. It's easy to add new examples to this.
*
* The array items in $demos are intended to be raw, normal render arrays
* that can be experimented with to end up with different outcomes.
*/
function render_example_arrays() {
$interval = 60; // Interval in seconds for cache update with #cache.
$demos = array(
// Demonstrate the simplest markup, a #markup element.
t('Super simple #markup') => array(
'#markup' => t('Some basic text in a #markup (shows basic markup and how it is rendered)'),
),
// Shows how #prefix and #suffix can add markup into an array.
t('Using #prefix and #suffix') => array(
'#markup' => t('This one adds a prefix and suffix, which put a div around the item'),
'#prefix' => '
(prefix)
',
'#suffix' => '
(suffix)
',
),
// When #theme is provided, it is the #theme function's job to figure out
// the meaning of the render array. The #theme function receives the entire
// element in $variables and must return it, where it will be the content
// of '#children'. When a #theme or other function is provided, custom
// properties can be invented and used as needed, as the #separator
// property provided here.
//
// If #theme is not provided, either explicitly or by the underlying
// element, then the children are rendered using their own properties and
// the results go into #children.
t('theme for an element') => array(
'child' => array(
t('This is some text that should be put together'),
t('This is some more text that we need'),
),
'#separator' => ' | ', // Made up for this theme function.
'#theme' => 'render_example_aggregate',
),
// #theme_wrappers provides an array of theme functions which theme the
// envelope or "wrapper" of a set of child elements. The theme function
// finds its element children (the sub-arrays) already rendered in
// '#children'.
t('theme_wrappers demonstration') => array(
'child1' => array('#markup' => t('Markup for child1')),
'child2' => array('#markup' => t('Markup for child2')),
'#theme_wrappers' => array('render_example_add_div', 'render_example_add_notes'),
),
// Add '#pre_render' and '#post_render' handlers.
// - '#pre_render' functions get access to the array before it is rendered
// and can change it. This is similar to a theme function, but it is a
// specific fixed function and changes the array in place rather than
// rendering it..
// - '#post_render' functions get access to the rendered content, but also
// have the original array available.
t('pre_render and post_render') => array(
'#markup' => '' . t('markup for pre_render and post_render example') . '
',
'#pre_render' => array('render_example_add_suffix'),
'#post_render' => array('render_example_add_prefix'),
),
// Cache an element for $interval seconds using #cache.
// The assumption here is that this is an expensive item to render, perhaps
// large or otherwise expensive. Of course here it's just a piece of markup,
// so we don't get the value.
//
// #cache allows us to set
// - 'keys', an array of strings that will create the string cache key.
// - 'bin', the cache bin
// - 'expire', the expire timestamp. Note that this is actually limited
// to the granularity of a cron run.
// - 'granularity', a bitmask determining at what level the caching is done
// (user, role, page).
t('cache demonstration') => array(
'#markup' => t('The current time was %time when this was cached. Updated every %interval seconds', array('%time' => date('r'), '%interval' => $interval)),
'#cache' => array(
'keys' => array('render_example', 'cache', 'demonstration'),
'bin' => 'cache',
'expire' => time() + $interval,
'granularity' => DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_PAGE | DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_ROLE,
),
),
);
// The rest of this function just places the above arrays in a context where
// they can be rendered (hopefully attractively and usefully) on the page.
$page_array = array();
foreach($demos as $key => $item) {
$page_array[$key]['#theme_wrappers'] = array('render_array');
$page_array[$key]['#description'] = $key;
$page_array[$key]['unrendered'] = array(
'#prefix' => '' . t('Unrendered array (as plain text and with a krumo version)') . ':
',
'#type' => 'markup',
'#markup' => htmlentities(drupal_var_export($item)),
);
$page_array[$key]['kpr'] = array(
// The kpr() function is from devel module and is here only allow us
// to output the array in a way that's easy to explore.
'#markup' => kpr($item, TRUE),
);
$page_array[$key]['hr'] = array('#markup' => '
');
$page_array[$key]['rendered'] = array($item);
$page_array[$key]['rendered']['#prefix'] = 'Rendered version (light blue):
' . '';
$page_array[$key]['rendered']['#suffix'] = '
';
}
return $page_array;
}
/**
* A '#pre_render' function.
*
* @param $element
* The element which will be rendered.
*
* @return
* The altered element. In this case we add a #prefix to it.
*/
function render_example_add_suffix($element) {
$element['#suffix'] = '' . t('This #suffix was added by a #pre_render') . '
';
// The following line is due to the bug described in
// http://drupal.org/node/914792. A #markup element's #pre_render must set
// #children because it replaces the default #markup pre_render, which is
// drupal_pre_render_markup().
$element['#children'] = $element['#markup'];
return $element;
}
/**
* A '#post_render' function to add a little markup onto the end markup.
*
* @param $markup
* The rendered element.
* @param $element
* The element which was rendered (for reference)
* @return
* Markup altered as necessary. In this case we add a little postscript to it.
*/
function render_example_add_prefix($markup, $element) {
$markup = 'This markup was added after rendering by a #post_render
' . $markup;
return $markup;
}
/**
* A #theme function has the responsibility of consolidating/rendering the
* children's markup and returning it, where it will be placed in the
* element's #children property.
*/
function theme_render_example_aggregate($variables) {
$output = '';
foreach (element_children($variables['element']['child']) as $item) {
$output .= $variables['element']['child'][$item] . $variables['element']['#separator'];
}
return $output;
}
/*************** Altering Section **************************
* The following section of the example builds and arranges the altering
* example.
*/
/**
* Builds the form that offers options of what items to show.
*/
function render_example_demo_form($form, &$form_state) {
$form['description'] = array(
'#type' => 'markup',
'#markup' => t('This example shows what render arrays look like in the building of a page. It will not work unless the user running it has the "access devel information" privilege. It shows both the actual arrays used to build a page or block and also the capabilities of altering the page late in its lifecycle.'),
);
$form['show_arrays'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Show render arrays'),
);
foreach (array('block', 'page') as $type) {
$form['show_arrays']['render_example_show_' . $type] = array(
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#title' => t('Show @type render arrays', array('@type' => $type)),
'#default_value' => variable_get('render_example_show_' . $type, FALSE),
);
}
$form['page_fiddling'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Make changes on page via hook_page_alter()'),
);
$form['page_fiddling']['render_example_note_about_render_arrays'] = array(
'#title' => t('Add a note about render arrays to top of sidebar_first (if it exists)'),
'#description' => t('Creates a simple render array that displays the use of #pre_render, #post_render, #theme, and #theme_wrappers.'),
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#default_value' => variable_get('render_example_note_about_render_arrays', FALSE),
);
$form['page_fiddling']['render_example_move_navigation_menu'] = array(
'#title' => t('Move the navigation menu to the top of the content area'),
'#description' => t('Uses hook_page_alter() to move the navigation menu into another region.'),
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#default_value' => variable_get('render_example_move_navigation_menu', FALSE),
);
$form['page_fiddling']['render_example_reverse_sidebar'] = array(
'#title' => t('Reverse ordering of sidebar_first elements (if it exists) - will affect the above'),
'#description' => t('Uses hook_page_alter() to reverse the ordering of items in sidebar_first'),
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#default_value' => variable_get('render_example_reverse_sidebar', FALSE),
);
$form['page_fiddling']['render_example_prefix'] = array(
'#title' => t('Use #prefix and #suffix to wrap a div around every block '),
'#description' => t('Uses hook_page_alter to wrap all blocks with a div using #prefix and #suffix'),
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#default_value' => variable_get('render_example_prefix'),
);
return system_settings_form($form);
}
/**
* Implements hook_page_alter().
*
* Alters the page in several different ways based on how the form has been
* configured.
*/
function render_example_page_alter(&$page) {
$original_page = $page;
// Re-sort the sidebar in reverse order.
if (variable_get('render_example_reverse_sidebar', FALSE) && !empty($page['sidebar_first'])) {
$page['sidebar_first'] = array_reverse($page['sidebar_first']);
foreach(element_children($page['sidebar_first']) as $element) {
// Reverse the weights if they exist.
if (!empty($page['sidebar_first'][$element]['#weight'])) {
$page['sidebar_first'][$element]['#weight'] *= -1;
}
}
$page['sidebar_first']['#sorted'] = FALSE;
}
// Add a list of items to the top of sidebar_first.
// This shows how #theme and #theme_wrappers work.
if (variable_get('render_example_note_about_render_arrays', FALSE) && !empty($page['sidebar_first'])) {
$items = array(
t('Render arrays are everywhere in D7'),
t('Leave content unrendered as much as possible'),
t('This allows rearrangement and alteration very late in page cycle'),
);
$note = array(
'#title' => t('Render Array Example'),
'#items' => $items,
// The functions in #pre_render get to alter the actual data before it
// gets rendered by the various theme functions.
'#pre_render' => array('render_example_change_to_ol'),
// The functions in #post_render get both the element and the rendered
// data and can add to the rendered data.
'#post_render' => array('render_example_add_hr'),
// The #theme theme operation gets the first chance at rendering the
// element and its children.
'#theme' => 'item_list',
// Then the theme operations in #theme_wrappers can wrap more around
// what #theme left in #chilren.
'#theme_wrappers' => array('render_example_add_div', 'render_example_add_notes'),
'#weight' => -9999,
);
$page['sidebar_first']['render_array_note'] = $note;
$page['sidebar_first']['#sorted'] = FALSE;
}
// Move the navigation menu into the content area.
if (variable_get('render_example_move_navigation_menu', FALSE) && !empty($page['sidebar_first']['system_navigation']) && !empty($page['content'])) {
$page['content']['system_navigation'] = $page['sidebar_first']['system_navigation'];
$page['content']['system_navigation']['#weight'] = -99999;
unset($page['content']['#sorted']);
unset($page['sidebar_first']['system_navigation']);
}
// Show the render array used to build the page render array display.
if (variable_get('render_example_show_page', FALSE)) {
$form['render_example_page_fieldset'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Page render array'),
'#collapsible' => TRUE,
'#collapsed' => TRUE,
);
$form['render_example_page_fieldset']['markup'] = array(
// The kpr() function is from devel module and is here only allow us
// to output the array in a way that's easy to explore.
'#markup' => kpr($page, TRUE),
);
$page['content']['page_render_array'] = drupal_get_form('render_example_embedded_form', $form);
$page['content']['page_render_array']['#weight'] = -999999;
$page['content']['#sorted'] = FALSE;
}
// Add render array to the bottom of each block
if (variable_get('render_example_show_block', FALSE)) {
foreach (element_children($page) as $region_name) {
foreach (element_children($page[$region_name]) as $block_name) {
// Push the block down a level so we can add another block after it.
$old_block = $page[$region_name][$block_name];
$page[$region_name][$block_name] = array(
$block_name => $old_block,
);
$form['render_example_block_fieldset'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Block render array'),
'#collapsible' => TRUE,
'#collapsed' => TRUE,
);
$form['render_example_block_fieldset']['markup'] = array(
'#type' => 'item',
'#title' => t('%blockname block render array', array('%blockname' => $block_name)),
// The kpr() function is from devel module and is here only allow us
// to output the array in a way that's easy to explore.
'#markup' => kpr($old_block, TRUE),
);
// Add the new block that contains the render array.
$page[$region_name][$block_name]['render_example_block_render_array'] = drupal_get_form('render_example_embedded_form', $form);
$page[$region_name][$block_name]['render_example_block_render_array']['#weight'] = 999;
}
}
}
// Add #prefix and #suffix to a block to wrap a div around it.
if (variable_get('render_example_prefix', FALSE)) {
foreach (element_children($page) as $region_name) {
foreach(element_children($page[$region_name]) as $block_name) {
$block = &$page[$region_name][$block_name];
$block['#prefix'] = 'Prefixed
';
$block['#suffix'] = '
Block suffix ';
}
}
}
$altered_page = $page;
}
/**
* Utility function to build a named form given a set of form elements.
* This is a standard form builder function that takes an additional array,
* which is itself a form.
*
* @param $form
* The standard $form
* @param $form_state
* The standard $form_state
* @param $form_items
* The form items to be included in this form.
*/
function render_example_embedded_form($form, &$form_state, $form_items) {
return $form_items;
}
/**
* Implements hook_theme().
*/
function render_example_theme() {
$items = array(
'render_example_add_div' => array(
'render element' => 'element',
),
'render_example_add_notes' => array(
'render element' => 'element',
),
'render_array' => array(
'render element' => 'element',
),
'render_example_aggregate' => array(
'render element' => 'element',
),
);
return $items;
}
/**
* Wrap a div around the already-rendered #children.
*/
function theme_render_example_add_div($variables) {
$element = $variables['element'];
$output = '';
$output .= $element['#children'];
$output .= '
';
return $output;
}
/**
* Wrap a div and add a little text after the rendered #children.
*/
function theme_render_example_add_notes($variables) {
$element = $variables['element'];
$output = '';
$output .= $element['#children'];
$output .= '' . t('This is a note added by a #theme_wrapper') . '';
$output .= '
';
return $output;
}
/**
* Theme render array (from the demonstration page).
*/
function theme_render_array($variables) {
$heading = '';
$rendered = '' . $heading . $variables['element']['#children'] . '
';
return $rendered;
}
/**
* Add a #type to the element before it gets rendered.
* In this case, changes from the default 'ul' to 'ol'.
* @param $element
* The element to be altered, in this case a list, ready for theme_item_list.
*
* @return
* The altered list (with '#type')
*/
function render_example_change_to_ol($element) {
$element['#type'] = 'ol';
return $element;
}
/**
* This #post_render function gets to alter the rendered output after all
* theme functions have acted on it, and it receives the original data, so
* can make decisions based on that. In this example, no use is made of the
* passed-in $element.
* @param $markup
* The already-rendered data
* @param unknown_type $element
* The data element that was rendered
*
* @return
* The altered data.
*/
function render_example_add_hr($markup, $element) {
$output = $markup . '
';
return $output;
}