class view in Views (for Drupal 7) 7.3

An object to contain all of the data to generate a view.

Also includes the member functions to build the view query, execute the query and render the output.

Hierarchy

• class \views_db_object
  • class \view

Related topics

Objects that represent a View or part of a view

@file

30 string references to 'view'

template_preprocess_views_view in theme/theme.inc

Preprocess the primary theme implementation for a view.

view::export in includes/view.inc

Export a view as PHP code.

ViewsCacheTest::getBasicView in tests/views_cache.test

Build and return a basic view of the views_test table.

ViewsSqlTest::getBasicPageView in tests/views_query.test

Build and return a Page view of the views_test table.

ViewsSqlTest::getBasicView in tests/views_query.test

Build and return a basic view of the views_test table.

... See full list

File

includes/view.inc, line 17

views_objects Objects that represent a View or part of a view

class view extends views_db_object {

  /**
   *
   */
  public $db_table = 'views_view';

  /**
   *
   */
  public $base_table = 'node';

  /**
   *
   */
  public $base_field = 'nid';

  /**
   * The name of the view.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $name = "";

  /**
   * The id of the view, which is used only for views in the database.
   *
   * @var number
   */
  public $vid;

  /**
   * The description of the view, which is used only in the interface.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $description;

  /**
   * The "tags" of a view.
   * The tags are stored as a single string, though it is used as multiple tags
   * for example in the views overview.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $tag;

  /**
   * The human readable name of the view.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $human_name;

  /**
   * The core version the view was created for.
   *
   * @var int
   */
  public $core;

  /**
   * The views-api version this view was created by.
   *
   * Some examples of the variable are 3.0 or 3.0-alpha1
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $api_version;

  /**
   * Is the view disabled.
   *
   * This value is used for exported view, to provide some default views which
   * aren't enabled.
   *
   * @var bool
   */
  public $disabled;

  /**
   * State variable.
   */
  public $built = FALSE;

  /**
   * State variable.
   */
  public $executed = FALSE;

  /**
   * State variable.
   */
  public $editing = FALSE;

  /**
   *
   */
  public $args = array();

  /**
   *
   */
  public $build_info = array();

  /**
   *
   */
  public $use_ajax = FALSE;

  /**
   * Where the results of a query will go.
   *
   * The array must use a numeric index starting at 0.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  public $result = array();

  // May be used to override the current pager info.
  public $current_page = NULL;
  public $items_per_page = NULL;
  public $offset = NULL;
  public $total_rows = NULL;

  // Places to put attached renderings.
  public $attachment_before = '';
  public $attachment_after = '';

  // Exposed widget input.
  public $exposed_data = array();
  public $exposed_input = array();

  // Exposed widget input directly from the $form_state['values'].
  public $exposed_raw_input = array();

  // Used to store views that were previously running if we recurse.
  public $old_view = array();

  // To avoid recursion in views embedded into areas.
  public $parent_views = array();

  // Is the current stored view runned as an attachment to another view.
  public $is_attachment = NULL;

  // Stores the next steps of form items to handle.
  // It's an array of stack items, which contain the form id, the type of form,
  // the view, the display and some additional arguments.
  // @see views_ui_add_form_to_stack()
  // var $stack;

  /**
   * Identifier of the current display.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $current_display;

  /**
   * Where the $query object will reside:.
   *
   * @var views_plugin_query
   */
  public $query = NULL;

  /**
   * The current used display plugin.
   *
   * @var views_plugin_display
   */
  public $display_handler;

  /**
   * Stores all display handlers of this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_display]
   */
  public $display;

  /**
   * The current used style plugin.
   *
   * @var views_plugin_style
   */
  public $style_plugin;

  /**
   * Stored the changed options of the style plugin.
   *
   * @deprecated Better use $view->style_plugin->options
   *
   * @var array
   */
  public $style_options;

  /**
   * Stores the current active row while rendering.
   *
   * @var int
   */
  public $row_index;

  /**
   * Allow to override the url of the current view.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $override_url = NULL;

  /**
   * Allow to override the path used for generated urls.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  public $override_path = NULL;

  /**
   * Allow to override the used database which is used for this query.
   */
  public $base_database = NULL;

  /**
   * Here comes a list of the possible handler which are active on this view.
   */

  /**
   * Stores the field handlers which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_field]
   */
  public $field;

  /**
   * Stores the argument handlers which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_argument]
   */
  public $argument;

  /**
   * Stores the sort handlers which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_sort]
   */
  public $sort;

  /**
   * Stores the filter handlers which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_filter]
   */
  public $filter;

  /**
   * Stores the relationship handlers which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_relationship]
   */
  public $relationship;

  /**
   * Stores the area handlers for the header which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_area]
   */
  public $header;

  /**
   * Stores the area handlers for the footer which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_area]
   */
  public $footer;

  /**
   * The area handlers for the empty text which are initialized on this view.
   *
   * @var array[views_handler_area]
   */
  public $empty;

  /**
   * Standard PHP constructor.
   */
  public function __construct() {
    parent::init();

    // Make sure all of the sub objects are arrays.
    foreach ($this
      ->db_objects() as $object) {
      $this->{$object} = array();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Perform automatic updates when loading or importing a view.
   *
   * Over time, some things about Views or Drupal data has changed. this
   * attempts to do some automatic updates that must happen to ensure older
   * views will at least try to work.
   */
  public function update() {

    // When views are converted automatically the base_table should be renamed
    // to have a working query.
    $this->base_table = views_move_table($this->base_table);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list of the sub-object types used by this view. These types are
   * stored on the display, and are used in the build process.
   */
  public function display_objects() {
    return array(
      'argument',
      'field',
      'sort',
      'filter',
      'relationship',
      'header',
      'footer',
      'empty',
    );
  }

  /**
   * Returns the complete list of dependent objects in a view, for the purpose
   * of initialization and loading/saving to/from the database.
   */
  static function db_objects() {
    return array(
      'display',
    );
  }

  /**
   * Set the arguments that come to this view. Usually from the URL
   * but possibly from elsewhere.
   */
  public function set_arguments($args) {
    $this->args = $args;
  }

  /**
   * Change/Set the current page for the pager.
   */
  public function set_current_page($page) {
    $this->current_page = $page;

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      return $this->query->pager
        ->set_current_page($page);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get the current page from the pager.
   */
  public function get_current_page() {

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      return $this->query->pager
        ->get_current_page();
    }
    if (isset($this->current_page)) {
      return $this->current_page;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get the items per page from the pager.
   */
  public function get_items_per_page() {

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      return $this->query->pager
        ->get_items_per_page();
    }
    if (isset($this->items_per_page)) {
      return $this->items_per_page;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Set the items per page on the pager.
   */
  public function set_items_per_page($items_per_page) {
    $this->items_per_page = $items_per_page;

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      $this->query->pager
        ->set_items_per_page($items_per_page);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get the pager offset from the pager.
   */
  public function get_offset() {

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      return $this->query->pager
        ->get_offset();
    }
    if (isset($this->offset)) {
      return $this->offset;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Set the offset on the pager.
   */
  public function set_offset($offset) {
    $this->offset = $offset;

    // If the pager is already initialized, pass it through to the pager.
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      $this->query->pager
        ->set_offset($offset);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Determine if the pager actually uses a pager.
   */
  public function use_pager() {
    if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
      return $this->query->pager
        ->use_pager();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Whether or not AJAX should be used. If AJAX is used, paging,
   * tablesorting and exposed filters will be fetched via an AJAX call
   * rather than a page refresh.
   */
  public function set_use_ajax($use_ajax) {
    $this->use_ajax = $use_ajax;
  }

  /**
   * Set the exposed filters input to an array. If unset they will be taken
   * from $_GET when the time comes.
   */
  public function set_exposed_input($filters) {
    $this->exposed_input = $filters;
  }

  /**
   * Figure out what the exposed input for this view is.
   */
  public function get_exposed_input() {
    if (empty($this->exposed_input)) {
      $this->exposed_input = array();

      // If filters are not overridden, store the 'remember' settings on the
      // default display. If they are, store them on this display. This way,
      // multiple displays in the same view can share the same filters and
      // remember settings.
      $display_id = $this->display_handler
        ->is_defaulted('filters') ? 'default' : $this->current_display;

      // Start with remembered input via session.
      if (!empty($_SESSION['views'][$this->name][$display_id])) {
        $this->exposed_input = $_SESSION['views'][$this->name][$display_id];
      }

      // Fetch exposed input values from $_GET. Overwrite if clashing.
      foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
        if (!in_array($key, array(
          'page',
          'q',
        ))) {
          $this->exposed_input[$key] = $value;
        }
      }
    }
    return $this->exposed_input;
  }

  /**
   * Set the display for this view and initialize the display handler.
   */
  public function init_display($reset = FALSE) {

    // The default display is always the first one in the list.
    if (isset($this->current_display)) {
      return TRUE;
    }

    // Instantiate all displays.
    foreach (array_keys($this->display) as $id) {

      // Correct for shallow cloning
      // Often we'll have a cloned view so we don't mess up each other's
      // displays, but the clone is pretty shallow and doesn't necessarily
      // clone the displays. We can tell this by looking to see if a handler
      // has already been set; if it has, but $this->current_display is not
      // set, then something is dreadfully wrong.
      if (!empty($this->display[$id]->handler)) {
        $this->display[$id] = clone $this->display[$id];
        unset($this->display[$id]->handler);
      }
      $this->display[$id]->handler = views_get_plugin('display', $this->display[$id]->display_plugin);
      if (!empty($this->display[$id]->handler)) {
        $this->display[$id]->handler->localization_keys = array(
          $id,
        );

        // Initialize the new display handler with data.
        $this->display[$id]->handler
          ->init($this, $this->display[$id]);

        // If this is NOT the default display handler, let it know which is
        // since it may well utilize some data from the default.
        // This assumes that the 'default' handler is always first. It always
        // is. Make sure of it.
        if ($id != 'default') {
          $this->display[$id]->handler->default_display =& $this->display['default']->handler;
        }
      }
    }
    $this->current_display = 'default';
    $this->display_handler =& $this->display['default']->handler;
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Get the first display that is accessible to the user.
   *
   * @param string|array $displays
   *   Either a single display id or an array of display ids.
   */
  public function choose_display($displays) {
    if (!is_array($displays)) {
      return $displays;
    }
    $this
      ->init_display();
    foreach ($displays as $display_id) {
      if ($this->display[$display_id]->handler
        ->access()) {
        return $display_id;
      }
    }
    return 'default';
  }

  /**
   * Set the display as current.
   *
   * @param string $display_id
   *   The id of the display to mark as current.
   */
  public function set_display($display_id = NULL) {

    // If we have not already initialized the display, do so. But be careful.
    if (empty($this->current_display)) {
      $this
        ->init_display();

      // If handlers were not initialized, and no argument was sent, set up
      // to the default display.
      if (empty($display_id)) {
        $display_id = 'default';
      }
    }
    $display_id = $this
      ->choose_display($display_id);

    // If no display id sent in and one wasn't chosen above, we're finished.
    if (empty($display_id)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Ensure the requested display exists.
    if (empty($this->display[$display_id])) {
      $display_id = 'default';
      if (empty($this->display[$display_id])) {
        vpr('set_display() called with invalid display id @display.', array(
          '@display' => $display_id,
        ));
        return FALSE;
      }
    }

    // Set the current display.
    $this->current_display = $display_id;

    // Ensure requested display has a working handler.
    if (empty($this->display[$display_id]->handler)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Set a shortcut.
    $this->display_handler =& $this->display[$display_id]->handler;
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Find and initialize the style plugin.
   *
   * Note that arguments may have changed which style plugin we use, so
   * check the view object first, then ask the display handler.
   */
  public function init_style() {
    if (isset($this->style_plugin)) {
      return is_object($this->style_plugin);
    }
    if (!isset($this->plugin_name)) {
      $this->plugin_name = $this->display_handler
        ->get_option('style_plugin');
      $this->style_options = $this->display_handler
        ->get_option('style_options');
    }
    $this->style_plugin = views_get_plugin('style', $this->plugin_name);
    if (empty($this->style_plugin)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Init the new style handler with data..
    $this->style_plugin
      ->init($this, $this->display[$this->current_display], $this->style_options);
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Attempt to discover if the view has handlers missing relationships.
   *
   * This will try to add relationships automatically if it can, and will
   * remove the handlers if it cannot.
   */
  public function fix_missing_relationships() {
    if (isset($this->relationships_fixed)) {
      return;
    }
    $this->relationships_fixed = TRUE;

    // Go through all of our handler types and test them to see if they
    // are missing relationships. Missing relationships can cause fatally
    // broken Views.
    $base_tables = array(
      $this->base_table => TRUE,
      '#global' => TRUE,
    );

    // For each relationship we have, make sure we mark the base it provides as
    // available.
    foreach ($this->display_handler
      ->get_option('relationships') as $id => $options) {
      $options['table'] = views_move_table($options['table']);
      $data = views_fetch_data($options['table'], FALSE);
      if (isset($data[$options['field']]['relationship']['base'])) {
        $base_tables[$data[$options['field']]['relationship']['base']] = TRUE;
      }
    }
    $base_tables = array_keys($base_tables);
    $missing_base_tables = array();
    $types = views_object_types();
    foreach ($types as $key => $info) {
      foreach ($this->display_handler
        ->get_option($info['plural']) as $id => $options) {
        $options['table'] = views_move_table($options['table']);
        $data = views_fetch_data($options['table'], FALSE);
        $valid_bases = array(
          $options['table'],
        );
        if (isset($data['table']['join'])) {
          $valid_bases = array_merge($valid_bases, array_keys($data['table']['join']));
        }

        // If the base table is missing, record it so we can try to fix it.
        if (!array_intersect($valid_bases, $base_tables)) {
          $missing_base_tables[$options['table']][] = array(
            'type' => $key,
            'id' => $id,
          );
        }
      }
    }
    if (!empty($missing_base_tables)) {

      // This will change handlers, so make sure any existing handlers get
      // tossed.
      $this->display_handler->handlers = array();
      $this->relationships_changed = TRUE;
      $this->changed = TRUE;

      // Try to fix it.
      foreach ($missing_base_tables as $table => $handlers) {
        $data = views_fetch_data($table);
        $relationship = NULL;

        // Does the missing base table have a default relationship we can
        // throw in?
        if (isset($data['table']['default_relationship'][$this->base_table])) {

          // Create the relationship.
          $info = $data['table']['default_relationship'][$this->base_table];
          $relationship_options = isset($info['options']) ? $info['options'] : array();
          $relationship = $this
            ->add_item($this->current_display, 'relationship', $info['table'], $info['field'], $relationship_options);
        }
        foreach ($handlers as $handler) {
          $options = $this->display_handler
            ->get_option($types[$handler['type']]['plural']);
          if ($relationship) {
            $options[$handler['id']]['relationship'] = $relationship;
          }
          else {
            unset($options[$handler['id']]);
          }
          $this->display_handler
            ->set_option($types[$handler['type']]['plural'], $options);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Acquire and attach all of the handlers.
   */
  public function init_handlers() {
    if (empty($this->inited)) {
      $this
        ->fix_missing_relationships();
      foreach (views_object_types() as $key => $info) {
        $this
          ->_init_handler($key, $info);
      }
      $this->inited = TRUE;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Initialize the pager.
   *
   * Like style initialization, pager initialization is held until late
   * to allow for overrides.
   */
  public function init_pager() {
    if (empty($this->query->pager)) {

      // If the query doesn't exist, initialize it.
      if (empty($this->query)) {
        $this
          ->init_query();
      }
      $this->query->pager = $this->display_handler
        ->get_plugin('pager');
      if ($this->query->pager
        ->use_pager()) {
        $this->query->pager
          ->set_current_page($this->current_page);
      }

      // These overrides may have been set earlier via $view->set_*
      // functions.
      if (isset($this->items_per_page)) {
        $this->query->pager
          ->set_items_per_page($this->items_per_page);
      }
      if (isset($this->offset)) {
        $this->query->pager
          ->set_offset($this->offset);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Create a list of base tables eligible for this view. Used primarily
   * for the UI. Display must be already initialized.
   */
  public function get_base_tables() {
    $base_tables = array(
      $this->base_table => TRUE,
      '#global' => TRUE,
    );
    foreach ($this->display_handler
      ->get_handlers('relationship') as $handler) {
      $base_tables[$handler->definition['base']] = TRUE;
    }
    return $base_tables;
  }

  /**
   * Run the pre_query() on all active handlers.
   */
  public function _pre_query() {
    foreach (views_object_types() as $key => $info) {
      $handlers =& $this->{$key};
      $position = 0;
      foreach ($handlers as $id => $handler) {
        $handlers[$id]->position = $position;
        $handlers[$id]
          ->pre_query();
        $position++;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Run the post_execute() on all active handlers.
   */
  public function _post_execute() {
    foreach (views_object_types() as $key => $info) {
      $handlers =& $this->{$key};
      foreach ($handlers as $id => $handler) {
        $handlers[$id]
          ->post_execute($this->result);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Attach all of the handlers for each type.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   One of 'argument', 'field', 'sort', 'filter', 'relationship'.
   * @param array $info
   *   The $info from views_object_types for this object.
   */
  public function _init_handler($key, $info) {

    // Load the requested items from the display onto the object.
    $this->{$key} =& $this->display_handler
      ->get_handlers($key);

    // This reference deals with difficult PHP indirection.
    $handlers =& $this->{$key};

    // Run through and test for accessibility.
    foreach ($handlers as $id => $handler) {
      if (!$handler
        ->access()) {
        unset($handlers[$id]);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Build all the arguments.
   */
  public function _build_arguments() {

    // Initially, we want to build sorts and fields. This can change, though,
    // if we get a summary view.
    if (empty($this->argument)) {
      return TRUE;
    }

    // build arguments.
    $position = -1;

    // Create a title for use in the breadcrumb trail.
    $title = $this->display_handler
      ->get_option('title');
    $this->build_info['breadcrumb'] = array();
    $breadcrumb_args = array();
    $substitutions = array();
    $status = TRUE;

    // Iterate through each argument and process.
    foreach ($this->argument as $id => $arg) {
      $position++;
      $argument =& $this->argument[$id];
      if ($argument
        ->broken()) {
        continue;
      }
      $argument
        ->set_relationship();
      $arg = NULL;
      if (isset($this->args[$position]) && $this->args[$position] !== '') {
        $arg = $this->args[$position];
      }
      $argument->position = $position;
      if (isset($arg) || $argument
        ->has_default_argument()) {
        if (!isset($arg)) {
          $arg = $argument
            ->get_default_argument();

          // make sure default args get put back.
          if (isset($arg)) {
            $this->args[$position] = $arg;
          }
        }

        // Set the argument, which will also validate that the argument can be
        // set.
        if (!$argument
          ->set_argument($arg)) {
          $status = $argument
            ->validate_fail($arg);
          break;
        }
        if ($argument
          ->is_exception()) {
          $arg_title = $argument
            ->exception_title();
        }
        else {
          $arg_title = $argument
            ->get_title();
          $argument
            ->query($this->display_handler
            ->use_group_by());
        }

        // Add this argument's substitution.
        $substitutions['%' . ($position + 1)] = $arg_title;
        $substitutions['!' . ($position + 1)] = strip_tags(decode_entities($arg));

        // Since we're really generating the breadcrumb for the item above us,
        // check the default action of this argument.
        if ($this->display_handler
          ->uses_breadcrumb() && $argument
          ->uses_breadcrumb()) {
          $path = $this
            ->get_url($breadcrumb_args);
          if (strpos($path, '%') === FALSE) {
            if (!empty($argument->options['breadcrumb_enable']) && !empty($argument->options['breadcrumb'])) {
              $breadcrumb = $argument->options['breadcrumb'];
            }
            else {
              $breadcrumb = $title;
            }
            $this->build_info['breadcrumb'][$path] = str_replace(array_keys($substitutions), $substitutions, $breadcrumb);
          }
        }

        // Allow the argument to muck with this breadcrumb.
        $argument
          ->set_breadcrumb($this->build_info['breadcrumb']);

        // Test to see if we should use this argument's title.
        if (!empty($argument->options['title_enable']) && !empty($argument->options['title'])) {
          $title = $argument->options['title'];
        }
        $breadcrumb_args[] = $arg;
      }
      else {

        // determine default condition and handle.
        $status = $argument
          ->default_action();
        break;
      }

      // Be safe with references and loops.
      unset($argument);
    }

    // set the title in the build info.
    if (!empty($title)) {
      $this->build_info['title'] = $title;
    }

    // Store the arguments for later use.
    $this->build_info['substitutions'] = $substitutions;
    return $status;
  }

  /**
   * Do some common building initialization.
   */
  public function init_query() {
    if (!empty($this->query)) {
      $class = get_class($this->query);
      if ($class && $class != 'stdClass') {

        // return if query is already initialized.
        return TRUE;
      }
    }

    // Create and initialize the query object.
    $views_data = views_fetch_data($this->base_table);
    $this->base_field = !empty($views_data['table']['base']['field']) ? $views_data['table']['base']['field'] : '';
    if (!empty($views_data['table']['base']['database'])) {
      $this->base_database = $views_data['table']['base']['database'];
    }
    if (empty($this->display_handler)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Load the options.
    $query_options = $this->display_handler
      ->get_option('query');

    // Create and initialize the query object.
    $plugin = !empty($views_data['table']['base']['query class']) ? $views_data['table']['base']['query class'] : 'views_query';
    $this->query = views_get_plugin('query', $plugin);
    if (empty($this->query)) {
      return FALSE;
    }
    $this->query
      ->init($this->base_table, $this->base_field, $query_options['options']);
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Build the query for the view.
   */
  public function build($display_id = NULL) {
    if (!empty($this->built)) {
      return;
    }
    if (empty($this->current_display) || $display_id) {
      if (!$this
        ->set_display($display_id)) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }

    // Let modules modify the view just prior to building it.
    foreach (module_implements('views_pre_build') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_pre_build';
      $function($this);
    }

    // Attempt to load from cache.
    // @todo Load a build_info from cache.
    $start = microtime(TRUE);

    // If that fails, let's build!
    $this->build_info = array(
      'query' => '',
      'count_query' => '',
      'query_args' => array(),
    );
    $this
      ->init_query();

    // Call a module hook and see if it wants to present us with a
    // pre-built query or instruct us not to build the query for
    // some reason.
    // @todo Implement this. Use the same mechanism Panels uses.
    // Run through our handlers and ensure they have necessary information.
    $this
      ->init_handlers();

    // Let the handlers interact with each other if they really want.
    $this
      ->_pre_query();
    $exposed_form = FALSE;
    if ($this->display_handler
      ->uses_exposed()) {
      $exposed_form = $this->display_handler
        ->get_plugin('exposed_form');

      // (1) Record the errors before rendering the exposed form widgets.
      $errors_before = form_set_error();
      $this->exposed_widgets = $exposed_form
        ->render_exposed_form();

      // (2) Record the errors after rendering the exposed form widgets.
      $errors_after = form_set_error();

      // Find out if the validation of any of the elements in the exposed form
      // has failed by comparing (1) and (2) above. Don't mess with the view
      // otherwise.
      $exposed_errors = count($errors_after) > count($errors_before);
      if ($exposed_errors || !empty($this->build_info['abort'])) {
        $this->built = TRUE;

        // Don't execute the query, but rendering will still be executed to
        // display the empty text.
        $this->executed = TRUE;
        return empty($this->build_info['fail']);
      }
    }

    // Build all the relationships first thing.
    $this
      ->_build('relationship');

    // Set the filtering groups.
    if (!empty($this->filter)) {
      $filter_groups = $this->display_handler
        ->get_option('filter_groups');
      if ($filter_groups) {
        $this->query
          ->set_group_operator($filter_groups['operator']);
        foreach ($filter_groups['groups'] as $id => $operator) {
          $this->query
            ->set_where_group($operator, $id);
        }
      }
    }

    // Build all the filters.
    $this
      ->_build('filter');
    $this->build_sort = TRUE;

    // Arguments can, in fact, cause this whole thing to abort.
    if (!$this
      ->_build_arguments()) {
      $this->build_time = microtime(TRUE) - $start;
      $this
        ->attach_displays();
      return $this->built;
    }

    // Initialize the style; arguments may have changed which style we use,
    // so waiting as long as possible is important. But we need to know
    // about the style when we go to build fields.
    if (!$this
      ->init_style()) {
      $this->build_info['fail'] = TRUE;
      return FALSE;
    }
    if ($this->style_plugin
      ->uses_fields()) {
      $this
        ->_build('field');
    }

    // Build our sort criteria if we were instructed to do so.
    if (!empty($this->build_sort)) {

      // Allow the style handler to deal with sorting.
      if ($this->style_plugin
        ->build_sort()) {
        $this
          ->_build('sort');
      }

      // allow the plugin to build second sorts as well.
      $this->style_plugin
        ->build_sort_post();
    }

    // Allow area handlers to affect the query.
    $this
      ->_build('header');
    $this
      ->_build('footer');
    $this
      ->_build('empty');

    // Allow display handler to affect the query.
    $this->display_handler
      ->query($this->display_handler
      ->use_group_by());

    // Allow style handler to affect the query.
    $this->style_plugin
      ->query($this->display_handler
      ->use_group_by());

    // Allow exposed form to affect the query.
    if ($exposed_form) {
      $exposed_form
        ->query();
    }
    if (variable_get('views_sql_signature', FALSE)) {
      $this->query
        ->add_signature($this);
    }

    // Let modules modify the query just prior to finalizing it.
    $this->query
      ->alter($this);

    // Only build the query if we weren't interrupted.
    if (empty($this->built)) {

      // Build the necessary info to execute the query.
      $this->query
        ->build($this);
    }
    $this->built = TRUE;
    $this->build_time = microtime(TRUE) - $start;

    // Attach displays.
    $this
      ->attach_displays();

    // Let modules modify the view just after building it.
    foreach (module_implements('views_post_build') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_post_build';
      $function($this);
    }
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Internal method to build an individual set of handlers.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *    The type of handlers (filter etc.) which should be iterated over to
   *    build the relationship and query information.
   */
  public function _build($key) {
    $handlers =& $this->{$key};
    foreach ($handlers as $id => $data) {
      if (!empty($handlers[$id]) && is_object($handlers[$id])) {
        $multiple_exposed_input = array(
          0 => NULL,
        );
        if ($handlers[$id]
          ->multiple_exposed_input()) {
          $multiple_exposed_input = $handlers[$id]
            ->group_multiple_exposed_input($this->exposed_data);
        }
        foreach ($multiple_exposed_input as $group_id) {

          // Give this handler access to the exposed filter input.
          if (!empty($this->exposed_data)) {
            $converted = FALSE;
            if ($handlers[$id]
              ->is_a_group()) {
              $converted = $handlers[$id]
                ->convert_exposed_input($this->exposed_data, $group_id);
              $handlers[$id]
                ->store_group_input($this->exposed_data, $converted);
              if (!$converted) {
                continue;
              }
            }
            $rc = $handlers[$id]
              ->accept_exposed_input($this->exposed_data);
            $handlers[$id]
              ->store_exposed_input($this->exposed_input, $rc);
            if (!$rc) {
              continue;
            }
          }
          $handlers[$id]
            ->set_relationship();
          $handlers[$id]
            ->query($this->display_handler
            ->use_group_by());
        }
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Execute the view's query.
   *
   * @param string $display_id
   *   The machine name of the display, which should be executed.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   Return whether the executing was successful, for example an argument
   *   could stop the process.
   */
  public function execute($display_id = NULL) {
    if (empty($this->built)) {
      if (!$this
        ->build($display_id)) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }
    if (!empty($this->executed)) {
      return TRUE;
    }

    // Don't allow to use deactivated displays, but display them on the live
    // preview.
    if (!$this->display[$this->current_display]->handler
      ->get_option('enabled') && empty($this->live_preview)) {
      $this->build_info['fail'] = TRUE;
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Let modules modify the view just prior to executing it.
    foreach (module_implements('views_pre_execute') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_pre_execute';
      $function($this);
    }

    // Check for already-cached results.
    if (!empty($this->live_preview)) {
      $cache = FALSE;
    }
    else {
      $cache = $this->display_handler
        ->get_plugin('cache');
    }
    if ($cache && $cache
      ->cache_get('results')) {
      if ($this->query->pager
        ->use_pager() || !empty($this->get_total_rows)) {
        $this->query->pager->total_items = $this->total_rows;
        $this->query->pager
          ->update_page_info();
      }
      vpr('Used cached results');
    }
    else {
      $this->query
        ->execute($this);

      // Enforce the array key rule as documented in
      // views_plugin_query::execute().
      $this->result = array_values($this->result);
      $this
        ->_post_execute();
      if ($cache) {
        $cache
          ->cache_set('results');
      }
    }

    // Let modules modify the view just after executing it.
    foreach (module_implements('views_post_execute') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_post_execute';
      $function($this);
    }
    $this->executed = TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Render this view for a certain display.
   *
   * Note: You should better use just the preview function if you want to
   * render a view.
   *
   * @param string $display_id
   *   The machine name of the display, which should be rendered.
   *
   * @return string|NULL
   *   Return the output of the rendered view or NULL if something failed in the
   *   process.
   */
  public function render($display_id = NULL) {
    $this
      ->execute($display_id);

    // Check to see if the build failed.
    if (!empty($this->build_info['fail'])) {
      return;
    }
    if (!empty($this->build_info['denied'])) {
      return;
    }
    drupal_theme_initialize();
    $start = microtime(TRUE);
    if (!empty($this->live_preview) && variable_get('views_show_additional_queries', FALSE)) {
      $this
        ->start_query_capture();
    }
    $exposed_form = $this->display_handler
      ->get_plugin('exposed_form');
    $exposed_form
      ->pre_render($this->result);

    // Check for already-cached output.
    if (!empty($this->live_preview)) {
      $cache = FALSE;
    }
    else {
      $cache = $this->display_handler
        ->get_plugin('cache');
    }
    if ($cache && $cache
      ->cache_get('output')) {
    }
    else {
      if ($cache) {
        $cache
          ->cache_start();
      }

      // Run pre_render for the pager as it might change the result.
      if (!empty($this->query->pager)) {
        $this->query->pager
          ->pre_render($this->result);
      }

      // Initialize the style plugin.
      $this
        ->init_style();

      // Give field handlers the opportunity to perform additional queries
      // using the entire resultset prior to rendering.
      if ($this->style_plugin
        ->uses_fields()) {
        foreach ($this->field as $id => $handler) {
          if (!empty($this->field[$id])) {
            $this->field[$id]
              ->pre_render($this->result);
          }
        }
      }
      $this->style_plugin
        ->pre_render($this->result);

      // Let modules modify the view just prior to rendering it.
      foreach (module_implements('views_pre_render') as $module) {
        $function = $module . '_views_pre_render';
        $function($this);
      }

      // Let the themes play too, because pre render is a very themey thing.
      foreach ($GLOBALS['base_theme_info'] as $base) {
        $function = $base->name . '_views_pre_render';
        if (function_exists($function)) {
          $function($this);
        }
      }
      $function = $GLOBALS['theme'] . '_views_pre_render';
      if (function_exists($function)) {
        $function($this);
      }
      $this->display_handler->output = $this->display_handler
        ->render();
      if ($cache) {
        $cache
          ->cache_set('output');
      }
    }
    $this->render_time = microtime(TRUE) - $start;
    $exposed_form
      ->post_render($this->display_handler->output);
    if ($cache) {
      $cache
        ->post_render($this->display_handler->output);
    }

    // Let modules modify the view output after it is rendered.
    foreach (module_implements('views_post_render') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_post_render';
      $function($this, $this->display_handler->output, $cache);
    }

    // Let the themes play too, because post render is a very themey thing.
    foreach ($GLOBALS['base_theme_info'] as $base) {
      $function = $base->name . '_views_post_render';
      if (function_exists($function)) {
        $function($this, $this->display_handler->output, $cache);
      }
    }
    $function = $GLOBALS['theme'] . '_views_post_render';
    if (function_exists($function)) {
      $function($this, $this->display_handler->output, $cache);
    }
    if (!empty($this->live_preview) && variable_get('views_show_additional_queries', FALSE)) {
      $this
        ->end_query_capture();
    }
    return $this->display_handler->output;
  }

  /**
   * Render a specific field via the field ID and the row #.
   *
   * Note: You might want to use views_plugin_style::render_fields as it
   * caches the output for you.
   *
   * @param string $field
   *   The id of the field to be rendered.
   * @param int $row
   *   The row number in the $view->result which is used for the rendering.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The rendered output of the field.
   */
  public function render_field($field, $row) {
    if (isset($this->field[$field]) && isset($this->result[$row])) {
      return $this->field[$field]
        ->advanced_render($this->result[$row]);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Execute the given display, with the given arguments.
   * To be called externally by whatever mechanism invokes the view,
   * such as a page callback, hook_block, etc.
   *
   * This function should NOT be used by anything external as this
   * returns data in the format specified by the display. It can also
   * have other side effects that are only intended for the 'proper'
   * use of the display, such as setting page titles and breadcrumbs.
   *
   * If you simply want to view the display, use view::preview() instead.
   */
  public function execute_display($display_id = NULL, $args = array()) {
    if (empty($this->current_display) || $this->current_display != $this
      ->choose_display($display_id)) {
      if (!$this
        ->set_display($display_id)) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }
    $this
      ->pre_execute($args);

    // Execute the view.
    $output = $this->display_handler
      ->execute();
    $this
      ->post_execute();
    return $output;
  }

  /**
   * Preview the given display, with the given arguments.
   *
   * To be called externally, probably by an AJAX handler of some flavor.
   * Can also be called when views are embedded, as this guarantees
   * normalized output.
   */
  public function preview($display_id = NULL, $args = array()) {
    if (empty($this->current_display) || !empty($display_id) && $this->current_display != $display_id) {
      if (!$this
        ->set_display($display_id)) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }
    $this->preview = TRUE;
    $this
      ->pre_execute($args);

    // Preview the view.
    $output = $this->display_handler
      ->preview();
    $this
      ->post_execute();
    return $output;
  }

  /**
   * Run attachments and let the display do what it needs to do prior
   * to running.
   */
  public function pre_execute($args = array()) {
    $this->old_view[] = views_get_current_view();
    views_set_current_view($this);
    $display_id = $this->current_display;

    // Prepare the view with the information we have, but only if we were
    // passed arguments, as they may have been set previously.
    if ($args) {
      $this
        ->set_arguments($args);
    }

    // Trigger hook_views_pre_view(). Allow other modules to modify the view
    // just prior to executing the preview.
    foreach (module_implements('views_pre_view') as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_views_pre_view';
      $function($this, $display_id, $this->args);
    }

    // Allow hook_views_pre_view() to set the dom_id, then ensure it is set.
    $this->dom_id = !empty($this->dom_id) ? $this->dom_id : md5($this->name . REQUEST_TIME . rand());

    // Allow the display handler to set up for execution.
    $this->display_handler
      ->pre_execute();
  }

  /**
   * Unset the current view, mostly.
   */
  public function post_execute() {

    // unset current view so we can be properly destructed later on.
    // Return the previous value in case we're an attachment.
    if ($this->old_view) {
      $old_view = array_pop($this->old_view);
    }
    views_set_current_view(isset($old_view) ? $old_view : FALSE);
  }

  /**
   * Run attachment displays for the view.
   */
  public function attach_displays() {
    if (!empty($this->is_attachment)) {
      return;
    }
    if (!$this->display_handler
      ->accept_attachments()) {
      return;
    }
    $this->is_attachment = TRUE;

    // Give other displays an opportunity to attach to the view.
    foreach ($this->display as $id => $display) {
      if (!empty($this->display[$id]->handler)) {
        $this->display[$id]->handler
          ->attach_to($this->current_display);
      }
    }
    $this->is_attachment = FALSE;
  }

  /**
   * Called to get hook_menu() info from the view and the named display handler.
   *
   * @param string $display_id
   *   A display id.
   * @param array $callbacks
   *   A menu callback array passed from views_menu_alter().
   */
  public function execute_hook_menu($display_id = NULL, &$callbacks = array()) {

    // Prepare the view with the information we have.
    // This was probably already called, but it's good to be safe.
    if (!$this
      ->set_display($display_id)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Execute the view.
    if (isset($this->display_handler)) {
      return $this->display_handler
        ->execute_hook_menu($callbacks);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Called to get hook_block information from the view and the
   * named display handler.
   */
  public function execute_hook_block_list($display_id = NULL) {

    // Prepare the view with the information we have.
    // This was probably already called, but it's good to be safe.
    if (!$this
      ->set_display($display_id)) {
      return FALSE;
    }

    // Execute the view.
    if (isset($this->display_handler)) {
      return $this->display_handler
        ->execute_hook_block_list();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Determine if the given user has access to the view.
   *
   * Note that this sets the display handler if it hasn't been.
   */
  public function access($displays = NULL, $account = NULL) {

    // No one should have access to disabled views.
    if (!empty($this->disabled)) {
      return FALSE;
    }
    if (!isset($this->current_display)) {
      $this
        ->init_display();
    }
    if (!$account) {
      $account = $GLOBALS['user'];
    }

    // We can't use choose_display() here because that function calls this one.
    $displays = (array) $displays;
    foreach ($displays as $display_id) {
      if (!empty($this->display[$display_id]->handler)) {
        if ($this->display[$display_id]->handler
          ->access($account)) {
          return TRUE;
        }
      }
    }
    return FALSE;
  }

  /**
   * Get the view's current title.
   *
   * This can change depending upon how it was built.
   */
  public function get_title() {
    if (empty($this->display_handler)) {
      if (!$this
        ->set_display('default')) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }

    // During building, we might find a title override. If so, use it.
    if (!empty($this->build_info['title'])) {
      $title = $this->build_info['title'];
    }
    else {
      $title = $this->display_handler
        ->get_option('title');
    }

    // Allow substitutions from the first row.
    if ($this
      ->init_style()) {
      $title = $this->style_plugin
        ->tokenize_value($title, 0);
    }
    return $title;
  }

  /**
   * Override the view's current title.
   *
   * The tokens in the title get replaced before rendering.
   */
  public function set_title($title) {
    $this->build_info['title'] = $title;
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Return the human readable name for a view.
   *
   * When a certain view doesn't have a human readable name return the machine
   * readable name.
   */
  public function get_human_name() {
    if (!empty($this->human_name)) {
      $human_name = $this->human_name;
    }
    else {
      $human_name = $this->name;
    }
    return $human_name;
  }

  /**
   * Force the view to build a title.
   */
  public function build_title() {
    $this
      ->init_display();
    if (empty($this->built)) {
      $this
        ->init_query();
    }
    $this
      ->init_handlers();
    $this
      ->_build_arguments();
  }

  /**
   * Get the URL for the current view.
   *
   * This URL will be adjusted for arguments.
   */
  public function get_url($args = NULL, $path = NULL) {
    if (!empty($this->override_url)) {
      return $this->override_url;
    }
    if (!isset($path)) {
      $path = $this
        ->get_path();
    }
    if (!isset($args)) {
      $args = $this->args;

      // Exclude arguments that were computed, not passed on the URL.
      $position = 0;
      if (!empty($this->argument)) {
        foreach ($this->argument as $argument_id => $argument) {
          if (!empty($argument->options['default_argument_skip_url'])) {
            unset($args[$position]);
          }
          $position++;
        }
      }
    }

    // Don't bother working if there's nothing to do.
    if (empty($path) || empty($args) && strpos($path, '%') === FALSE) {
      return $path;
    }
    $pieces = array();
    $argument_keys = isset($this->argument) ? array_keys($this->argument) : array();
    $id = current($argument_keys);
    foreach (explode('/', $path) as $piece) {
      if ($piece != '%') {
        $pieces[] = $piece;
      }
      else {
        if (empty($args)) {

          // Try to never put % in a url; use the wildcard instead.
          if ($id && !empty($this->argument[$id]->options['exception']['value'])) {
            $pieces[] = $this->argument[$id]->options['exception']['value'];
          }
          else {
            $pieces[] = '*';

            // @todo Gotta put something if there just isn't one.
          }
        }
        else {
          $pieces[] = array_shift($args);
        }
        if ($id) {
          $id = next($argument_keys);
        }
      }
    }
    if (!empty($args)) {
      $pieces = array_merge($pieces, $args);
    }
    return implode('/', $pieces);
  }

  /**
   * Get the base path used for this view.
   */
  public function get_path() {
    if (!empty($this->override_path)) {
      return $this->override_path;
    }
    if (empty($this->display_handler)) {
      if (!$this
        ->set_display('default')) {
        return FALSE;
      }
    }
    return $this->display_handler
      ->get_path();
  }

  /**
   * Get the breadcrumb used for this view.
   *
   * @param bool $set
   *   If true, use drupal_set_breadcrumb() to install the breadcrumb.
   */
  public function get_breadcrumb($set = FALSE) {

    // Now that we've built the view, extract the breadcrumb.
    $base = TRUE;
    $breadcrumb = array();
    if (!empty($this->build_info['breadcrumb'])) {
      foreach ($this->build_info['breadcrumb'] as $path => $title) {

        // Check to see if the frontpage is in the breadcrumb trail; if it
        // is, we'll remove that from the actual breadcrumb later.
        if ($path == variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node')) {
          $base = FALSE;
          $title = t('Home');
        }
        if ($title) {
          $breadcrumb[] = l($title, $path, array(
            'html' => TRUE,
          ));
        }
      }
      if ($set) {
        if ($base) {
          $breadcrumb = array_merge(drupal_get_breadcrumb(), $breadcrumb);
        }
        drupal_set_breadcrumb($breadcrumb);
      }
    }
    return $breadcrumb;
  }

  /**
   * Is this view cacheable?.
   */
  public function is_cacheable() {
    return $this->is_cacheable;
  }

  /**
   * Set up query capturing.
   *
   * Db_query() stores the queries that it runs in global $queries, bit only if
   * dev_query is set to true. In this case, we want to temporarily override
   * that setting if it's not and we can do that without forcing a db rewrite by
   * just manipulating $conf. This is kind of evil but it works.
   */
  public function start_query_capture() {
    global $conf, $queries;
    if (empty($conf['dev_query'])) {
      $this->fix_dev_query = TRUE;
      $conf['dev_query'] = TRUE;
    }

    // Record the last query key used; anything already run isn't a query that
    // we are interested in.
    $this->last_query_key = NULL;
    if (!empty($queries)) {
      $keys = array_keys($queries);
      $this->last_query_key = array_pop($keys);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Add the list of queries run during render to buildinfo.
   *
   * @see view::start_query_capture()
   */
  public function end_query_capture() {
    global $conf, $queries;
    if (!empty($this->fix_dev_query)) {
      $conf['dev_query'] = FALSE;
    }

    // Make a copy of the array so we can manipulate it with array_splice.
    $temp = $queries;

    // Scroll through the queries until we get to our last query key.
    // Unset anything in our temp array.
    if (isset($this->last_query_key)) {
      foreach ($queries as $id => $query) {
        if ($id == $this->last_query_key) {
          break;
        }
        unset($temp[$id]);
      }
    }
    $this->additional_queries = $temp;
  }

  /**
   * Static factory method to load a list of views based upon a $where clause.
   *
   * Although this method could be implemented to simply iterate over
   * views::load(), that would be very slow.  Buiding the views externally from
   * unified queries is much faster.
   */
  static function load_views() {
    $result = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT v.* FROM {views_view} v");
    $views = array();

    // Load all the views.
    foreach ($result as $data) {
      $view = new view();
      $view
        ->load_row($data);
      $view->loaded = TRUE;
      $view->type = t('Normal');
      $views[$view->name] = $view;
      $names[$view->vid] = $view->name;
    }

    // Stop if we didn't get any views.
    if (!$views) {
      return array();
    }

    // Now load all the subtables.
    foreach (view::db_objects() as $key) {
      $object_name = "views_{$key}";
      $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {{$object_name}} WHERE vid IN (:vids) ORDER BY vid, position", array(
        ':vids' => array_keys($names),
      ));
      foreach ($result as $data) {
        $object = new $object_name(FALSE);
        $object
          ->load_row($data);

        // Because it can get complicated with this much indirection, make a
        // shortcut reference.
        $location =& $views[$names[$object->vid]]->{$key};

        // If we have a basic id field, load the item onto the view based on
        // this ID, otherwise push it on.
        if (!empty($object->id)) {
          $location[$object->id] = $object;
        }
        else {
          $location[] = $object;
        }
      }
    }
    return $views;
  }

  /**
   * Save the view to the database.
   *
   * If the view does not already exist a vid will be assigned to the view and
   * also returned from this function.
   */
  public function save() {
    if ($this->vid == 'new') {
      $this->vid = NULL;
    }
    elseif (empty($this->vid)) {
      $vid = db_query("SELECT vid from {views_view} WHERE name = :name", array(
        ':name' => $this->name,
      ))
        ->fetchField();
      $this->vid = $vid ? $vid : NULL;
    }

    // Let modules modify the view just prior to saving it.
    module_invoke_all('views_view_presave', $this);
    $transaction = db_transaction();
    try {

      // If we have no vid or our vid is a string, this is a new view.
      if (!empty($this->vid)) {

        // remove existing table entries.
        foreach ($this
          ->db_objects() as $key) {
          db_delete('views_' . $key)
            ->condition('vid', $this->vid)
            ->execute();
        }
      }
      $this
        ->save_row(!empty($this->vid) ? 'vid' : FALSE);

      // Save all of our subtables.
      foreach ($this
        ->db_objects() as $key) {
        $this
          ->_save_rows($key);
      }
    } catch (Exception $e) {
      $transaction
        ->rollback();
      watchdog_exception('views', $e);
      throw $e;
    }
    $this
      ->save_locale_strings();

    // Clear the relevant caches.
    cache_clear_all('views_block_items:', 'cache_views', TRUE);
    views_invalidate_cache('ctools_export:views_view:' . $this->name);

    // Notify modules that this view has been saved.
    module_invoke_all('views_view_save', $this);
  }

  /**
   * Save a row to the database for the given key.
   *
   * i.e. one of the keys from view::db_objects().
   */
  public function _save_rows($key) {
    $count = 0;
    foreach ($this->{$key} as $position => $object) {
      $object->position = ++$count;
      $object->vid = $this->vid;
      $object
        ->save_row();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Delete the view from the database.
   */
  public function delete($clear = TRUE) {
    if (empty($this->vid)) {
      return;
    }
    db_delete('views_view')
      ->condition('vid', $this->vid)
      ->execute();

    // Delete from all of our subtables as well.
    foreach ($this
      ->db_objects() as $key) {
      db_delete('views_' . $key)
        ->condition('vid', $this->vid)
        ->execute();
    }
    cache_clear_all('views_query:' . $this->name, 'cache_views');
    if ($clear) {

      // Clear caches.
      cache_clear_all('views_block_items:', 'cache_views', TRUE);
      views_invalidate_cache('ctools_export:views_view:' . $this->name);
    }

    // Notify modules that this view has been deleted.
    module_invoke_all('views_view_delete', $this);
  }

  /**
   * Export a view as PHP code.
   */
  public function export($indent = '') {
    $this
      ->init_display();
    $this
      ->init_query();
    $output = '';
    $output .= $this
      ->export_row('view', $indent);

    // Set the API version.
    $output .= $indent . '$view->api_version = \'' . views_api_version() . "';\n";
    $output .= $indent . '$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */' . "\n";
    foreach ($this->display as $id => $display) {
      $output .= "\n" . $indent . "/* Display: {$display->display_title} */\n";
      $output .= $indent . '$handler = $view->new_display(' . ctools_var_export($display->display_plugin, $indent) . ', ' . ctools_var_export($display->display_title, $indent) . ', \'' . $id . "');\n";
      if (empty($display->handler)) {

        // @todo Probably need a method of exporting broken displays as they
        // may simply be broken because a module is not installed. That does
        // not invalidate the display.
        continue;
      }
      $output .= $display->handler
        ->export_options($indent, '$handler->options');
    }

    // Give the localization system a chance to export translatables to code.
    if ($this
      ->init_localization()) {
      $this
        ->export_locale_strings('export');
      $translatables = $this->localization_plugin
        ->export_render($indent);
      if (!empty($translatables)) {
        $output .= $translatables;
      }
    }
    return $output;
  }

  /**
   * Make a copy of this view with IDs, handlers sanitized
   *
   * I'd call this clone() but it's reserved.
   */
  public function copy() {
    $code = $this
      ->export();
    eval($code);
    return $view;
  }

  /**
   * Safely clone a view.
   *
   * Because views are complicated objects within objects, and PHP loves to do
   * references to everything, if a View is not properly and safely cloned it
   * will still have references to the original view, and can actually cause the
   * original view to point to objects in the cloned view. This gets ugly fast.
   *
   * This will completely wipe a view clean so it can be considered fresh.
   *
   * @return view
   *    The cloned view.
   */
  public function clone_view() {
    $clone = clone $this;
    $keys = array(
      'current_display',
      'display_handler',
      'build_info',
      'built',
      'executed',
      'attachment_before',
      'attachment_after',
      'field',
      'argument',
      'filter',
      'sort',
      'relationship',
      'header',
      'footer',
      'empty',
      'query',
      'inited',
      'style_plugin',
      'plugin_name',
      'exposed_data',
      'exposed_input',
      'exposed_widgets',
      'many_to_one_aliases',
      'many_to_one_tables',
      'feed_icon',
    );
    foreach ($keys as $key) {
      if (isset($clone->{$key})) {
        unset($clone->{$key});
      }
    }
    $clone->built = $clone->executed = FALSE;
    $clone->build_info = array();
    $clone->attachment_before = '';
    $clone->attachment_after = '';
    $clone->result = array();

    // Shallow cloning means that all the display objects *were not cloned*. We
    // must clone them ourselves.
    $displays = array();
    foreach ($clone->display as $id => $display) {
      $displays[$id] = clone $display;
      if (isset($displays[$id]->handler)) {
        unset($displays[$id]->handler);
      }
    }
    $clone->display = $displays;
    return $clone;
  }

  /**
   * Unset references so that a $view object may be properly garbage collected.
   */
  public function destroy() {
    foreach (array_keys($this->display) as $display_id) {
      if (isset($this->display[$display_id]->handler) && is_object($this->display[$display_id]->handler)) {
        $this->display[$display_id]->handler
          ->destroy();
        unset($this->display[$display_id]->handler);
      }
    }
    foreach (views_object_types() as $type => $info) {
      if (isset($this->{$type})) {
        $handlers =& $this->{$type};
        foreach ($handlers as $id => $item) {
          $handlers[$id]
            ->destroy();
        }
        unset($handlers);
      }
    }
    if (isset($this->style_plugin)) {
      $this->style_plugin
        ->destroy();
      unset($this->style_plugin);
    }

    // Clear these to make sure the view can be processed/used again.
    if (isset($this->display_handler)) {
      unset($this->display_handler);
    }
    if (isset($this->current_display)) {
      unset($this->current_display);
    }
    if (isset($this->query)) {
      unset($this->query);
    }
    $keys = array(
      'current_display',
      'display_handler',
      'build_info',
      'built',
      'executed',
      'attachment_before',
      'attachment_after',
      'field',
      'argument',
      'filter',
      'sort',
      'relationship',
      'header',
      'footer',
      'empty',
      'query',
      'result',
      'inited',
      'style_plugin',
      'plugin_name',
      'exposed_data',
      'exposed_input',
      'many_to_one_tables',
    );
    foreach ($keys as $key) {
      if (isset($this->{$key})) {
        unset($this->{$key});
      }
    }

    // These keys are checked by the next init, so instead of unsetting them,
    // just set the default values.
    $keys = array(
      'items_per_page',
      'offset',
      'current_page',
    );
    foreach ($keys as $key) {
      if (isset($this->{$key})) {
        $this->{$key} = NULL;
      }
    }
    $this->built = $this->executed = FALSE;
    $this->build_info = array();
    $this->attachment_before = '';
    $this->attachment_after = '';
  }

  /**
   * Make sure the view is completely valid.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the view is valid; an array of error strings if it is not.
   */
  public function validate() {
    $this
      ->init_display();
    $errors = array();
    $this->display_errors = NULL;
    $current_display = $this->current_display;
    foreach ($this->display as $id => $display) {
      if ($display->handler) {
        if (!empty($display->deleted)) {
          continue;
        }
        $result = $this->display[$id]->handler
          ->validate();
        if (!empty($result) && is_array($result)) {
          $errors = array_merge($errors, $result);

          // Mark this display as having validation errors.
          $this->display_errors[$id] = TRUE;
        }
      }
    }
    $this
      ->set_display($current_display);
    return $errors ? $errors : TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Find and initialize the localization plugin.
   */
  public function init_localization() {

    // If the translate attribute isn't set, init the localization plugin.
    if (!isset($this->localization_plugin->translate)) {
      $this->localization_plugin = views_get_plugin('localization', views_get_localization_plugin());

      // If the plugin is still not set, turn off all localization by using the
      // views_plugin_localization_none plugin. This plugin has the translate
      // property set to FALSE, signifying localization should not occur.
      if (empty($this->localization_plugin)) {
        $this->localization_plugin = views_get_plugin('localization', 'none');
      }

      // Init the plugin.
      $this->localization_plugin
        ->init($this);
    }

    // Return the value of the translate property. This is set to FALSE if
    // localization is off.
    return $this->localization_plugin->translate;
  }

  /**
   * Determine whether a view supports admin string translation.
   */
  public function is_translatable() {

    // Use translation no matter what type of view.
    if (variable_get('views_localize_all', FALSE)) {
      return TRUE;
    }

    // If the view is normal or overridden, use admin string translation.
    // A newly created view won't have a type. Accept this.
    return !isset($this->type) || in_array($this->type, array(
      t('Normal'),
      t('Overridden'),
    )) ? TRUE : FALSE;
  }

  /**
   * Send strings for localization.
   */
  public function save_locale_strings() {
    $this
      ->process_locale_strings('save');
  }

  /**
   * Delete localized strings.
   */
  public function delete_locale_strings() {
    $this
      ->process_locale_strings('delete');
  }

  /**
   * Export localized strings.
   */
  public function export_locale_strings() {
    $this
      ->process_locale_strings('export');
  }

  /**
   * Process strings for localization, deletion or export to code.
   */
  public function process_locale_strings($op) {

    // Ensure this view supports translation, we have a display, and we
    // have a localization plugin.
    // @todo Export does not init every handler.
    if (($this
      ->is_translatable() || $op == 'export') && $this
      ->init_display() && $this
      ->init_localization()) {
      $this->localization_plugin
        ->process_locale_strings($op);
    }
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
view::$api_version	public	property	The views-api version this view was created by.
view::$args	public	property
view::$argument	public	property	Stores the argument handlers which are initialized on this view.
view::$attachment_after	public	property
view::$attachment_before	public	property
view::$base_database	public	property	Allow to override the used database which is used for this query.
view::$base_field	public	property
view::$base_table	public	property
view::$build_info	public	property
view::$built	public	property	State variable.
view::$core	public	property	The core version the view was created for.
view::$current_display	public	property	Identifier of the current display.
view::$current_page	public	property
view::$db_table	public	property	Overrides views_db_object::$db_table
view::$description	public	property	The description of the view, which is used only in the interface.
view::$disabled	public	property	Is the view disabled.
view::$display	public	property	Stores all display handlers of this view.
view::$display_handler	public	property	The current used display plugin.
view::$editing	public	property	State variable.
view::$empty	public	property	The area handlers for the empty text which are initialized on this view.
view::$executed	public	property	State variable.
view::$exposed_data	public	property
view::$exposed_input	public	property
view::$exposed_raw_input	public	property
view::$field	public	property	Stores the field handlers which are initialized on this view.
view::$filter	public	property	Stores the filter handlers which are initialized on this view.
view::$footer	public	property	Stores the area handlers for the footer which are initialized on this view.
view::$header	public	property	Stores the area handlers for the header which are initialized on this view.
view::$human_name	public	property	The human readable name of the view.
view::$is_attachment	public	property
view::$items_per_page	public	property
view::$name	public	property	The name of the view.
view::$offset	public	property
view::$old_view	public	property
view::$override_path	public	property	Allow to override the path used for generated urls.
view::$override_url	public	property	Allow to override the url of the current view.
view::$parent_views	public	property
view::$query	public	property	Where the $query object will reside:.
view::$relationship	public	property	Stores the relationship handlers which are initialized on this view.
view::$result	public	property	Where the results of a query will go.
view::$row_index	public	property	Stores the current active row while rendering.
view::$sort	public	property	Stores the sort handlers which are initialized on this view.
view::$style_options Deprecated	public	property	Stored the changed options of the style plugin.
view::$style_plugin	public	property	The current used style plugin.
view::$tag	public	property	The "tags" of a view. The tags are stored as a single string, though it is used as multiple tags for example in the views overview.
view::$total_rows	public	property
view::$use_ajax	public	property
view::$vid	public	property	The id of the view, which is used only for views in the database.
view::access	public	function	Determine if the given user has access to the view.
view::attach_displays	public	function	Run attachment displays for the view.
view::build	public	function	Build the query for the view.
view::build_title	public	function	Force the view to build a title.
view::choose_display	public	function	Get the first display that is accessible to the user.
view::clone_view	public	function	Safely clone a view.
view::copy	public	function	Make a copy of this view with IDs, handlers sanitized
view::db_objects	static	function	Returns the complete list of dependent objects in a view, for the purpose of initialization and loading/saving to/from the database.
view::delete	public	function	Delete the view from the database.
view::delete_locale_strings	public	function	Delete localized strings.
view::destroy	public	function	Unset references so that a $view object may be properly garbage collected.
view::display_objects	public	function	Returns a list of the sub-object types used by this view. These types are stored on the display, and are used in the build process.
view::end_query_capture	public	function	Add the list of queries run during render to buildinfo.
view::execute	public	function	Execute the view's query.
view::execute_display	public	function	Execute the given display, with the given arguments. To be called externally by whatever mechanism invokes the view, such as a page callback, hook_block, etc.
view::execute_hook_block_list	public	function	Called to get hook_block information from the view and the named display handler.
view::execute_hook_menu	public	function	Called to get hook_menu() info from the view and the named display handler.
view::export	public	function	Export a view as PHP code.
view::export_locale_strings	public	function	Export localized strings.
view::fix_missing_relationships	public	function	Attempt to discover if the view has handlers missing relationships.
view::get_base_tables	public	function	Create a list of base tables eligible for this view. Used primarily for the UI. Display must be already initialized.
view::get_breadcrumb	public	function	Get the breadcrumb used for this view.
view::get_current_page	public	function	Get the current page from the pager.
view::get_exposed_input	public	function	Figure out what the exposed input for this view is.
view::get_human_name	public	function	Return the human readable name for a view.
view::get_items_per_page	public	function	Get the items per page from the pager.
view::get_offset	public	function	Get the pager offset from the pager.
view::get_path	public	function	Get the base path used for this view.
view::get_title	public	function	Get the view's current title.
view::get_url	public	function	Get the URL for the current view.
view::init_display	public	function	Set the display for this view and initialize the display handler.
view::init_handlers	public	function	Acquire and attach all of the handlers.
view::init_localization	public	function	Find and initialize the localization plugin.
view::init_pager	public	function	Initialize the pager.
view::init_query	public	function	Do some common building initialization.
view::init_style	public	function	Find and initialize the style plugin.
view::is_cacheable	public	function	Is this view cacheable?.
view::is_translatable	public	function	Determine whether a view supports admin string translation.
view::load_views	static	function	Static factory method to load a list of views based upon a $where clause.
view::post_execute	public	function	Unset the current view, mostly.
view::preview	public	function	Preview the given display, with the given arguments.
view::pre_execute	public	function	Run attachments and let the display do what it needs to do prior to running.
view::process_locale_strings	public	function	Process strings for localization, deletion or export to code.
view::render	public	function	Render this view for a certain display.
view::render_field	public	function	Render a specific field via the field ID and the row #.
view::save	public	function	Save the view to the database.
view::save_locale_strings	public	function	Send strings for localization.
view::set_arguments	public	function	Set the arguments that come to this view. Usually from the URL but possibly from elsewhere.
view::set_current_page	public	function	Change/Set the current page for the pager.
view::set_display	public	function	Set the display as current.
view::set_exposed_input	public	function	Set the exposed filters input to an array. If unset they will be taken from $_GET when the time comes.
view::set_items_per_page	public	function	Set the items per page on the pager.
view::set_offset	public	function	Set the offset on the pager.
view::set_title	public	function	Override the view's current title.
view::set_use_ajax	public	function	Whether or not AJAX should be used. If AJAX is used, paging, tablesorting and exposed filters will be fetched via an AJAX call rather than a page refresh.
view::start_query_capture	public	function	Set up query capturing.
view::update	public	function	Perform automatic updates when loading or importing a view.
view::use_pager	public	function	Determine if the pager actually uses a pager.
view::validate	public	function	Make sure the view is completely valid.
view::_build	public	function	Internal method to build an individual set of handlers.
view::_build_arguments	public	function	Build all the arguments.
view::_init_handler	public	function	Attach all of the handlers for each type.
view::_post_execute	public	function	Run the post_execute() on all active handlers.
view::_pre_query	public	function	Run the pre_query() on all active handlers.
view::_save_rows	public	function	Save a row to the database for the given key.
view::__construct	public	function	Standard PHP constructor.
views_db_object::add_display	public	function	Add a new display handler to the view, automatically creating an id.
views_db_object::add_item	public	function	Add an item with a handler to the view.
views_db_object::export_row	public	function	Export a loaded row.
views_db_object::generate_display_id	public	function	Generate a display id of a certain plugin type.
views_db_object::generate_item_id	public static	function	Generates a unique ID for an item.
views_db_object::get_item	public	function	Get the config of an item (field/sort/filter/etc) on a given display.
views_db_object::get_items	public	function	Get an array of items for the current display.
views_db_object::init	public	function	Initialize this object, setting values from schema defaults.
views_db_object::load_row	public	function	Load the object with a row from the database.
views_db_object::new_display	public	function	Create a new display and a display handler for it.
views_db_object::save_row	public	function	Write the row to the database.
views_db_object::set_item	public	function	Set the config of an item (field/sort/filter/etc) on a given display.
views_db_object::set_item_option	public	function	Set an option on an item.