Render arrays are very specific, so you'd likely have to add it via $page['some_key']['#markup'] => $output;<div><br></div><div>I'd recommend doing these things in the preprocess function, not the process function. Preprocess is generally better understood and has more historic precedence.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Unless you have an explicit reason to use render(), I don't see any harm in creating your own variables in the preprocessor and printing them directly.<br clear="all"><div><br></div><font color="#333333">Carl Wiedemann</font><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Greenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:listmail.ayendesigns@gmail.com" target="_blank">listmail.ayendesigns@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am displaying a large image in a front-page region. Currently I hook process_region in template.php, set a variable = theme('image'), and print it. <div>
<br></div><div>I'm thinking that rather than printing it from the hook, I'd rather add it to $page[my_region_name] and let it get printed when the template prints render[my_region_name]. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Where do I add it, or what do I call to add it? I tried doing things in the hook like $vars[page][my_region_name][content][] = $my_themed_image, but that doesn't work.</div>
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