November 2009 - Development - lists.drupal.org

WSOD Creating a Imagefield Widget In a Form
by Steve Edwards 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

I am creating a form in a module, and one of the fields I need in the form is an image field . I ma trying to add an imagefield_widget, but whenever I go to display the form, I get a wsod (white screen of death for the uninitiated) and the following error in my apache error logs: Tue Nov 17 07:16:05 2009] [notice] child pid 19512 exit signal Bus error (10) I have included the imagefield_widget.inc file since that's where the widget definition is. Anybody know why I'm getting this? I'm using MacPorts on Snow Leopard. Thanks. Steve

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make messages appear just once
by Lluís 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

I have some functions which throw info messages like "options saved". Sometimes I call them more than once, sometimes I call some of them; but I want the message appear just once. Where can I store if a message have been saved? Something like: <?php global $once_messages; $message="options saved"; if (!$once_messages[$message]) { once_messages[$message]=TRUE; drupal_set_message($message); } ?> Any hint? thanks. -- *Les normes hi són perquè hi pensis abans de saltar-te-les *La vida és com una taronja, què esperes a exprimir-la? *Si creus que l'educació és cara, prova la ignorància. *La vida és com una moneda, la pots gastar en el que vulguis però només una vegada. *Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient.

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Defining additional search paths for modules?
by Justin Davis 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello All. My apologies if this belongs in "support" rather than "development". I am managing a multi-site drupal installation and would like to be able to offer groups of modules to a sub set of our sites without having to have them installed in each sites/sitename/modules folder. Basically, there are some advanced and developer modules that my more adept users need but that I would rather not be available to some of our novice site managers. Ideally, I would be able to define something in the settings.php that told drupal to look in: sites/all/modules sites/all/modules_advanced sites/sitename/modules The only possible solution that I've found would be to create a custom module that defined it's own "module_rebuild_cache" (maybe "extra_module_rebuild_cache" or such) that used a slightly modified "drupal_system_listing" that would be able to look outside of "sites/all/modules" and "sites/sitename/modules" Does this make sense? Has anyone else come across a similar issue? Thank you kindly, Justin Davis Liberal Arts ITS University of Texas at Austin

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Help with CVS and dev snapshot releases
by dave trainer 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello, I created a dev snapshot release for my contrib module a few days ago, but it still hasn't appeared on the project page ( http://drupal.org/project/translatablecomments) Now when I click "Add new release," HEAD doesn't appear in the dropdown. Do I need to do another commit? Thanks, David

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Converting UTF8 strings to ASCII in Drupal
by Brian Vuyk 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi all. I am having a bit of a unique problem here, and I am hoping someone can help me out. In short, we are outputting strings from a custom module we wrote to an external service that only accepts the ASCII character set. So, I am trying to run all the strings through iconv() to convert them. Here's the weird part. Take the script below: $string = "Stéphanie,D Hérouville"; $output = iconv("UTF-8", 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $string); print $output; If I run this from the command line, I get the proper output - 'Stephanie D Herouville'. However, if I run it in my Drupal installation, whether as part of a module or from the Devel 'Execute PHP' box, I get different output: 'St?phanie D H?rouville'. That is, instead of replacing the character with it's expected ASCII counterpart, it replaces it with a ?. Has anyone encountered this, or have any idea why this is happening? Brian

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D7UX
by Josh Miller 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This is a straight copy-paste from a post on gdo (http://groups.drupal.org/node/35140 by brandonojc <http://groups.drupal.org/user/16403> ): ============= The focus of the Drupal 7 code slush has now shifted to Accessibility, Usability and Performance. Dries and webchick are prioritizing many patches that the 'Accessibility Task Force' had focused on. Yay! Some important accessibility enhancements have now been committed to D7 core: * #541612: Sortable table header links lack accessible purpose and context <http://drupal.org/node/541612> * #551034: Find Content filter accessibility <http://drupal.org/node/551034> * #541568: Link to expand / collapse fieldsets has poorly accessible link text <http://drupal.org/node/541568> * #521852: Local tasks (tabs) lack semantic markup to indicate an active task <http://drupal.org/node/521852> * #447816: Relying on a color to indicate a field validation error <http://drupal.org/node/447816> * and 4 patches that add proper headings to status/error messages <http://drupal.org/node/515236> , navigation menus <http://drupal.org/node/364219> , breadcrumbs <http://drupal.org/node/526674> , and the pager <http://drupal.org/node/321023> Your help is needed to review and refine other key improvements: * #169912: Garland: Use appropriate header-tags following the W3C <http://drupal.org/node/169912> * #622136: User/People admin filter accessibility <http://drupal.org/node/622136> (this one just needs review!) * #467296: Accessibility improvements for vertical tabs <http://drupal.org/node/467296> * #448292: Drag-n-drop for table rows is not accessible <http://drupal.org/node/448292> (needs work) * #558928: Form element labeling is inconsistent, inflexible and bad for accessibility <http://drupal.org/node/558928> * and 3 ARIA improvements for installation progress indicator <http://drupal.org/node/513946> , autocomplete <http://drupal.org/node/515262> , and password strength indicator <http://drupal.org/node/521904> . The new deadline for this phase is December 1 so as of today we have just under 3 weeks left. Read more about the code slush rules and Dec 1 deadline for accessibility: http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-code-freeze-status-update-and-next-steps See the full list of accessibility issues <http://drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?text=&assigned=&submitte d=&participant=&status%5B%5D=Open&issue_tags_op=or&issue_tags=accessibil ity> . _____________________________________ Josh Miller Web / Technology Director Haan Marketing + Communications http://www.haanmc.com/ 123 N. 8th Street, Lafayette, IN 47902-0350 T. 765.423.5470 F. 765-742-2881

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can you alter the way a node is represented
by vishnu vardhan 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

HI, If a predefined node say a page, a story or any other content needs to be displayed as a result of search or displaying authors created list of stories, etc is there any way of modifying the default node_view. I mean is there any facility like node_view_alter or something so that i can change the way the content is getting displyed through my module ???????????/ Vishnu On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:30 PM, <development-request(a)drupal.org> wrote: > Send development mailing list submissions to > development(a)drupal.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/development > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > development-request(a)drupal.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > development-owner(a)drupal.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of development digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: PHP Standards Group (Naheem Zaffar) > 2. Re: PHP Standards Group (Daniel F. Kudwien) > 3. Re: PHP Standards Group (Cameron Eagans) > 4. Re: PHP Standards Group (Jeff Greenberg) > 5. Re: PHP Standards Group (David Metzler) > 6. Doing hook_update_N() when module is installed (Randy Fay) > 7. Re: Doing hook_update_N() when module is installed (Ken Rickard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:10:22 +0000 > From: Naheem Zaffar <naheemzaffar(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [development] PHP Standards Group > To: development(a)drupal.org > Message-ID: > <3adc77210911111010n462becbcs4ac0bd4a18c1d562(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 2009/11/11 Alex Bronstein <alex(a)craftyspace.com> > > > +1 for requiring PHP 5.3 for D8 (that's obviously not a community > decision > > yet, just me saying I'd support a GoPHP 5.3 project) > > > > -1 as it kind of involves abandoning a majority of the current user base. > > Let's see how the 5.2 thing is handled first - the latest RHEL release is > still on 5.1.6 (with maybe patches that may or may not give it enough > functionality). If RHEL 6 does not get a move on, there could be many users > crying foul on the support forums, and this is with > what-I-assume-is-a-special-case ultra extended 2 year development cycle for > Drupal 7 instead of the previous 6 to 9 month cycles. >

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Can .htaccess discard part of a path?
by Nancy Wichmann 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

I am getting lots of requests like this: http://www.example.com/index.php?q=cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl&file=/alpha/beta /gamma/rage_prevention.shtml The file argument is a valid page on our old site and is itself redirected with a ReWriteRule in .htaccess. However, cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl does not exist and I have no idea what it was supposed to do (well, I can guess print the page). We get lots of these requests for different pages. I have tried a simple rewrite rule and a URL alias to prevent the 404 processing, but neither has fixed it. Is it possible to design a rewriterule that essentially discards the "cgi-bin/printOriginal.pl" and just serves up the requested page (well, after its own rewrite rule has worked)? So this would become http://www.example.com/index.php/alpha/beta/gamma/rage_prevention.shtml Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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new content type appear in admin/content/types but doesn't appear node/add
by Matias Carranza 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi developers!! I've created a new content type (drupal 5) and it appears in admin/content/types, but for some reason (that I cant understand) it doesn't appear in node/add list... And if I go to node/add/[content-type], the result is the same page of node/add, but in the title shows the title of the new content-type instead of "Create Content" Well.... I've checked the permissions in Control Access, and these are ok... Somebody had has this bug some time?? Thanks!! -- ------------------------ Matias Carranza

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Help with custom_url_rewrite_outboud(), url(), and l() because external URLs need rewriting too
by Mlen-Too Wesley 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hello, I am currently developing a module to help libraries rewrite links to external databases, such as ProQuest and LexisNexis, routing those links through an EZProxy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZproxy> or other proxy referral server. For example, consider a resource located at: http://www.books24x7.com/marc.asp?bookid=30164 If accessed from an on-campus IP address, the resource will be available to the student. However, if off-campus, the student would either have to use VPN to route all their internet traffic through a university IP address or use an proxy referral server, such as EZProxy. EZProxy is easier, so from the library home page, the link is rewritten to something such as: http://ezproxy.example-library.edu/login?url=http://www.books24x7.com/marc.… This way, the student is presented with a login screen for authentication and then directed to the resource. An easy module to make... or so I thought. Given the custom_url_rewrite_outbound() function, this kind of stuff should be easy to do in Drupal, but it is not. The url() function in common.inc returns the $path variable without any attempts to call custom_url_rewrite_outbout(). All would be well, if line 1408 of common.inc added the same functionality to external links in the url() function as it does for internal links. It just needs 3 lines: if (function_exists('custom_url_rewrite_outbound')) { // Modules may alter outbound links by reference. custom_url_rewrite_outbound($path, $options, $original_path); } Other than applying a patch, does anyone know another way around this issue? I am not talking about Apache mod_rewrite or anything similar, Clean URLs, or the Path module and URL aliases. I am looking for a way to rewrite external URLs in anchor tags (links) without creating a wrapper function for url() or l()... or using JavaScript or AJAX. Thanks! MT

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