April 2011 - Development - lists.drupal.org

problem select multiple
by Damian Adriel Perez Valdes 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hello: this is my select multi form 'color' => array ( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Color'), '#size' => '10', '#multiple' => 'TRUE', '#default_value' => $selected, '#options' => $select_colors, how can I insert the values in database ? how can I read values from databases ? Thanks.

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Drupal 6 drupal_goto query
by Vaibhav Jain 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hello List, I am trying to use drupal_goto and not able to use as I would like to. I am trying to create a custom callback for 404 pages and redirect them to homepage. I know this can be done via drupal default mechanism, but my homepage is on panels, and have a condition check of drupal_is_front_page, so cannot be used. Also the URL does not change when we use default 404 mechanism. Now, If I use drupal_goto('HOMEPAGE'), it stucks in a redirection loop, and it is never redirected to homepage. I tried printing the output in common.inc, where this function is defined. On the very first line, i do get the correct path, but when it is passed in header, it changes to current url, and thus stucks in loop. I also tried using the header function directly and it worked. Is this some kind of bug in core, Or am i doing something really silly which i am not aware of. Any help appreciated. -- Thanks, Vaibhav Jain

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module for taxonomies in an external database
by Davide Galletti 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Is there any module that allows me to have just some taxonomies stored in an external database not necessarily using the same tables as in standard drupal? If not, current taxonomy APIs are powerful enough to allow such a development? I am asking because taxonomies lower expressive power if compared to a relational database or to onthologies. I would like to build a module that allows me to define a taxonomy using metadata which describe how some knowledge stored in a db is projected on to a taxonomy. Thanks, Davide

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Re: [development] Colored text in a form
by dswans＠gmail.com 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Sent from my LG phone Franz Glauber <franz.glauber(a)gmail.com> wrote: >There is a proper form elemente for adding markup, which is '#type' => >'markup' . You place HTML inside the '#value'. Nothing wrong with this >approach. #prefix and #suffix should be used to wrap elements with >additional markup or add HTML that is related to an existing element. > >But that's not even the issue here, right? > >On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, James Wilson <jrguitar21(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> additional HTML (that are not form elements) are typically added to the >> $form array using using #prefix and/or #suffix instead of #value. >> >> $form['#prefix'] = 'some string to appear above the form'; >> >> $form['existing-element']['#prefix'] = 'this string will appear before the >> form element called existing-element'; >> >> $form['existing-element']['#suffix'] = 'this string will appear after the >> form element called existing-element'; >> >> James Wilson >> http://www.bluesparklabs.com >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Carl Jester <cjester(a)peladon.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> After I posted I realized I can to a _theme function to go with the _form >>> function to help lay things out nicely without having to add .tpl files or >>> other theme overhead to the project. I think it's time to go make friends >>> with drupal_render(). >>> >>> >> > > >-- >Franz > >http://ciudaddelpico.com > >Sent from my laptop

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Colored text in a form
by Carl Jester 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

I feel like I'm overlooking something simple. I'm writing a module that provides a form, I need to display some info along with the form, and sometimes I want to make a bit of that info really stand out. $foo = $info1 . ' ' $info2 . ' ' . $info3; $form(['foo']=array( '#value' => $foo, ); Gives me: info1 info2 info3 OK, so far so good. Now if I set up $foo like this: if ($info3 == $X) { $foo = $info1 . ' ' $info2 . ' <font color:red>' . $info3 .'</font>'; } else { $foo = $info1 . ' ' $info2 . ' ' . $info3 } Then when foo == x I get: info3 info1 info2 Info3 is indeed red, but on the previous line. I've also tried inline style with <span style:...> and gotten the same result. I just need to make info3 stand out in certain cases. What am I missing here? Thanks, Carl

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Drupal 7 drupal_get_form
by Iain Wiseman 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi, In drupal 6 used to have $output = ''; $output .= drupal_get_form('my_form', $arg1); Not I find I need $output .= drupal_render((drupal_get_form('my_form', $arg1)); However it not longer passed arg1 to the form. Any ideas Regards, Iain

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Node limbo
by jeff＠ayendesigns.com 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

D6. I have an ajax popop form I have appear when creating a node. It contains a choice of terms from the node body to add to vocabularies. Since I don't know the nid yet, I serialize that form with js and store it in the node form in a hidden field. I can't add the data to the node_term table until the save is complete...but I don't know how to move the data along to that point. I can put a submit handler before the normal one, and that gives me access to the data via the form, but by the time I get to where hook_nodeapi op pre_save would fire, there is no form and that field info won't be present in the node. Yikes. Jeff -- /I am a non sequitur. Beware, the contents were packaged where peanuts are processed./ Ayen Designs 388 Bullsboro Drive #105 · Newnan, Georgia 30263 404-271-9734 Web:ayendesigns.com <http://ayendesigns.com/> Blog: theAccidentalCoder.com <http://theaccidentalcoder.com/> Drupal: j. ayen green <http://drupal.org/user/367108> (367108) IRQ: j_ayen_green IM (Yahoo) baalwww (MSN) baalwww(a)yahoo.com Skype: ayendesigns | Facebook: ayendesigns | Twitter: @ayendesigns Ayen Designs is the computer services division of

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Drupal 7/8 API Change notification: .gitignore file in repository
by Randy Fay 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

*We try to notify this list when API changes are made in Drupal, so contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken.* (issue <http://drupal.org/node/917492>) OK, so this isn't really an API change, but it may affect you in the same way, and since I was involved in it, I'll 'fess up. We have added a .gitignore file to the git repositories in Drupal 7 and 8. If you already had a .gitignore file, and the one that was added does not meet your needs, please see #37 in that issue<http://drupal.org/node/917492#comment-4386912>for workarounds. BTW: I will probably announce Drupal *7* api changes should they happen, but won't be announcing Drupal 8 changes, perhaps ever. We hope to have a much better technique for this, see Make API Changes in Drupal Core be Nodes<http://drupal.org/node/648218>. Thanks, -Randy On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Randy Fay <randy(a)randyfay.com> wrote: > *We try to notify this list when API changes are made in Drupal 7, so > contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before they > have the pain of figuring out why it's broken.* > > (issue <http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552>) There is a new way > to declare pages as "admin pages" which should be themed with the admin > theme. hook_admin_paths() went in in this issue. If your module is doing > tricky things with 'theme callback' in hook_menu() to set some of your > module's pages to use the admin theme, take it out and use > hook_admin_paths(). Developers doing advanced things with 'theme callback' > will probably want to look at the issue summary<http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552>in general. > > (issue <http://drupal.org/node/986992#comment-3825334>) There was a subtle > change to field module which affects only highly advanced modules like date > and views. Read the issue summary if that is you and you know what an etid > is, or if you find "etid" grepping your code. I had to promise chx that I'd > say "if you are affected by this then it's very, very likely you are doing > it wrong." > > > -Randy > > -- > Randy Fay > Drupal Module and Site Development > randy(a)randyfay.com > +1 970.462.7450 > > -- Randy Fay Drupal Module and Site Development randy(a)randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450

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2 cck-fields dependancy
by info＠informatik-halle.de 23 Apr '11

23 Apr '11

Hi guys, i have 2 cck-fields set to unlimited values to allow people to add as many as they like. Is it possible that if someone clicks on "add more" (on cck-field 1) that there will be a new entry added on the cck-field 2 automatically. Thanks for the help. Florian

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Git commits not credited
by nitin gupta 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Can anyone help me with the issue: http://drupal.org/node/1122436 ? -- Regards, Nitin Kumar Gupta http://publicmind.in/blog/

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