Unfortunately in that case it doesn't look like there's a way in. You'll need to either hack the module or submit a patch back to the maintainer to make it more flexible. The latter approach is generally preferred. :-)
Or just decide that having the link there doesn't actually hurt anything so it's not worth fussing over. That's also a viable option far more often than people realize.
--Larry Garfield
On Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:17:12 pm sebastian wrote:
Hi Larry,
Thank you so much for replying to my query.
So if my contrib module doesn't offer an _alter() (and it does not) my only option is to hack the module? [or worse, use jquery to alter the output]
The module is question is nodeasblock and the function implements:
nodeasblock_block ($op = 'list', $delta = 0)
It makes theming decisions in it's operation, which I need to alter. Namely it decides that the $node->title should be:
l($node->title, 'node/'. $node->nid)
I need to strip the <a href> since I don't want my block to be clickable and lead to itself.
In other words:
'subject' => l($node->title, 'node/'. $node->nid),
will just become
'subject' => $node->title,
I can hack the module, but that seems like a "no-no"
Thanks!
Sebastian.
On 2010-12-09 8:04 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:
Some hooks that offer definitions, like hook_menu(), will have a corresponding alter hook like hook_menu_alter(). There is no alter hook for hook_block(), though. That said, there is an alter hook for all forms, hook_form_alter(). So if you're manipulating a form you may be able to do so that way.
--Larry Garfield
On Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:22:48 pm sebastian wrote:
Hello,
Having a terrible time finding anything about this, and all I can find on Drupal.org is the API for hooks, which doesn't really explain enough.
My question is, if there is a contrib module with an implementation of:
hook_block()
such as:
nodeasblock_block()
How can I change the values inside of this function, without changing the function directly?
can I write something in template.php to catch the nodeasblock_block hook and then change the values in it?
Or do I need to change the nodeasblock module directly? perhaps adding the feature as a full blown check box addition or just hack it??
Thanks for any help you can provide me!
kindly,
Sebastian.