function party_get_data_set_value in Party 7

Find a value from a property or field on a data set.

Parameters

Party $party: The party to find a value for.

string $data_set_name: The data set name we're pulling from.

string $column: The column to retrieve. This can be a column of a field or a property depending on whether $field_name was given.

string $field_name: (optional) A field name. If not provided, $column will be treated as a property of the entity.

Return value

The value retreived from the data set, or NULL if none was found.

File

./party.module, line 1629

Provides a generic CRM party entity.

Code

function party_get_data_set_value($party, $data_set_name, $column, $field_name = NULL) {
  $controller = $party
    ->getDataSetController($data_set_name);
  if ($entity = $controller
    ->getEntity()) {
    if ($field_name) {
      $items = field_get_items($controller
        ->getDataInfo('entity type'), $entity, $field_name);
      if ($items) {
        $item = reset($items);
        return isset($item[$column]) ? $item[$column] : NULL;
      }
      else {
        return NULL;
      }
    }
    else {
      return isset($entity->{$column}) ? $entity->{$column} : NULL;
    }
  }
}