function views_field_add_base_table in Views Field 7

Adds field table as base table to views.

1 call to views_field_add_base_table()

views_field_field_views_data_alter in ./views_field.module

Implements hook_field_views_data_alter().

File

./views_field.inc, line 12

Modifies definitions of base tables, fields, and joins for views.

Code

function views_field_add_base_table(&$data, $field, $module, $base_table) {
  $is_revision = substr($base_table, 0, 15) == 'field_revision_';
  $group = $is_revision ? t('Revision tables') : t('Field tables');
  $field_name_string = vf_ucfirst($field['field_name']);

  // Copy the table information so we can order the fields.
  // When creating a view using a field table as the base, Views grabs the first
  // field and places it on the view. Without ordering the fields, the first
  // field would be the "Content: Value" for a node. An attempt to preview the
  // view will result in an error. Regular field API fields may not be added to
  // these views (except by adding a relationship to the entity table).
  $old_table = $data[$base_table];
  unset($old_table['table']);

  // Remove everything but the table entry.
  $data[$base_table] = array(
    'table' => $data[$base_table]['table'],
  );
  foreach ($old_table as $index => $old_item) {
    if (in_array($index, array(
      'table',
      'entity_id',
      'revision_id',
      $field['field_name'],
      $field['field_name'] . '-revision_id',
    ))) {

      // We only want to modify the field "columns" like "value" and "format."
      // Views "moved" the entity_id and revision_id column definitions to:
      // $data[$base_table][$field['field_name']]
      // $data[$base_table][$field['field_name'] . '-revision_id']
      // This seems a bit inconsistent as a naming convention.
      // The entity_id and revision_id array elements also exist.
      continue;
    }
    $column = substr($index, strlen($field['field_name']) + 1);
    if (!in_array($column, $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {

      // Ignore columns not selected to be exposed.
      continue;
    }

    // Views now includes a "field" item on the entity_id and revision_id column
    // definitions, eliminating the need for the next line.
    // Add a field handler to views field since the aliased field is not passed
    // as $field to views_get_handler($table, $field, $key, $override = NULL).
    // This has an unintended side effect of exposing the columns in the Views
    // "Add fields" form.
    //     $data[$base_table][$index]['field'] = array(
    //       'handler' => 'views_handler_field', // @todo Now called views_handler_field_field?
    //       'click sortable' => TRUE,
    //     );
    // Copy the views generated item.
    $item = $old_item;

    // Use "real field" with field columns so the base table can coexist with
    // standard views "field API" field functionality.
    $item['real field'] = $index;
    $item['group'] = $group;
    foreach (array(
      'argument',
      'filter',
      'sort',
    ) as $type) {
      if (isset($item[$type])) {

        // Remove the field API properties.
        $handler = $item[$type]['handler'];
        $item[$type] = array(
          'handler' => $handler,
        );

        // @todo Maintain ['sort']['allow empty'] = 1?
      }
    }

    // Make the column an official views field that may be selected in UI.
    // @todo The need to set the views field above makes this unnecessary.
    $item['field'] = array(
      'handler' => 'views_handler_field',
      'click sortable' => TRUE,
    );

    // Format the title for consistency with other columns.
    // Include the column name for clarity.
    $item['title'] = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));
    $item['title short'] = $item['title'];

    // Add the new data item.
    $data[$base_table][$index . '_raw'] = $item;
  }

  // Declare a base table.
  $table_type = $is_revision ? ' (revision)' : '';

  // We don't want to set group at the table level, like this:
  // $data[$base_table]['table']['group'] = t('Field tables');
  // @todo With revision table, views does not join on entity_id, revision_id, and entity_type
  $data[$base_table]['table']['base'] = array(
    'field' => $is_revision ? 'revision_id_raw' : 'entity_id_raw',
    'title' => t('@field_name', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string . $table_type,
    )),
    'help' => t('Columns from the @field table.', array(
      '@field' => $field_name_string . $table_type,
    )),
    'access query tag' => 'user_access',
  );

  // entity_type
  if (in_array($column = 'entity_type', $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
    $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));
    $data[$base_table][$column] = array(
      'group' => $group,
      'title' => $title,
      'title short' => $title,
      'label' => $title,
      'help' => t('The entity type this data is attached to.'),
      'field' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_field',
        'click sortable' => TRUE,
      ),
      'argument' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_string',
      ),
      'filter' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_string',
        'title' => $title,
        // @todo Why only set title on this item?
        'help' => t('The entity type. This filter does not utilize autocomplete.'),
      ),
      'sort' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_sort',
      ),
    );
  }

  // bundle
  if (in_array($column = 'bundle', $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
    $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));
    $data[$base_table][$column] = array(
      'group' => $group,
      'title' => $title,
      'title short' => $title,
      'label' => $title,
      'help' => t('The field instance bundle the data is associated with.'),
      'field' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_field',
        'click sortable' => TRUE,
      ),
      'argument' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_string',
      ),
      'filter' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_string',
        'help' => t('The field instance bundle the data is associated with. This filter does not utilize autocomplete.'),
      ),
      'sort' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_sort',
      ),
    );
  }

  // deleted
  if (in_array($column = 'deleted', $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
    $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));
    $data[$base_table][$column] = array(
      'group' => $group,
      'title' => $title,
      'title short' => $title,
      'label' => $title,
      'help' => t('A boolean indicating whether the data item has been deleted.'),
      'field' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_field_numeric',
      ),
      'argument' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_numeric',
        'numeric' => TRUE,
      ),
      'filter' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_numeric',
        'numeric' => TRUE,
      ),
    );
  }

  // Handle entity_id and revision_id.
  $id_fields = array(
    'entity',
    'revision',
  );
  foreach ($id_fields as $id_field) {

    // @todo Is this as simple as checking isset($data[$base_table][$field_name])?
    $field_name = $id_field . '_id';
    if (in_array($field_name, $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
      $column = $id_field . ' id';
      $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
        '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
        '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
      ));
      $is_raw = !$is_revision && $id_field == 'entity' || $is_revision && $id_field == 'revision';
      $field_name_raw = $field_name . ($is_raw ? '_raw' : '');
      $data[$base_table][$field_name_raw] = array(
        'real field' => $field_name,
        'group' => $group,
        'title' => $title,
        'title short' => $title,
        'label' => $title,
        'help' => t('The @id_field ID.', array(
          '@id_field' => $id_field,
        )),
        'field' => array(
          'handler' => 'views_handler_field_numeric',
        ),
        'argument' => array(
          'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_numeric',
          'numeric' => TRUE,
        ),
        'filter' => array(
          'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_numeric',
          'numeric' => TRUE,
        ),
      );
    }
    if ($is_revision && $id_field == 'entity' || !$is_revision && $id_field == 'revision') {

      // Only do the relationship combinations that makes sense:
      // - field data entity_id to entity 'id' entity key
      // - field revision revision_id to entity 'revision' entity key
      continue;
    }

    // Build the relationships between the field table and the entity tables.
    foreach ($field['bundles'] as $entity => $bundles) {
      $entity_info = entity_get_info($entity);
      if ($is_revision) {
        if (empty($entity_info['entity keys']['revision']) || empty($entity_info['revision table'])) {
          continue;
        }
        $relationship_field = $entity_info['entity keys']['revision'];
        $relationship_table = $entity_info['revision table'];
      }
      else {
        $relationship_field = $entity_info['entity keys']['id'];
        $relationship_table = $entity_info['base table'];
      }

      // In Views, a relationship is a join from a base table to a destination
      // table (which may also be a base table). Once added to a view built from
      // the base table, the relationship makes the fields of the destination
      // table available to the view.
      // @todo A name conflict exists if two entities have the same entity keys.
      $variables = array(
        '@base_table' => $field_name_string,
        '@relationship_table' => vf_ucfirst($relationship_table),
        '@base_field' => vf_ucfirst($field_name),
        '@relationship_field' => vf_ucfirst($relationship_field),
      );
      $data[$base_table][$relationship_field] = array(
        'real field' => $field_name,
        'title' => $relationship_field,
        'help' => t("The {$entity} relationship."),
        'relationship' => array(
          'title' => t('@base_table => @relationship_table', $variables),
          'help' => t('Relate the @base_table table to the @relationship_table table using @base_field => @relationship_field.', $variables),
          'group' => $group,
          'base' => $relationship_table,
          'base field' => $relationship_field,
          'handler' => 'views_handler_relationship',
          'skip base' => array(
            $relationship_table,
          ),
        ),
      );
    }
  }

  // language
  if (in_array($column = 'language', $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
    $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));
    $data[$base_table][$column] = array(
      'group' => $group,
      'title' => $title,
      'title short' => $title,
      'label' => $title,
      'help' => t('The language of the data item'),
      'field' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_field',
        'click sortable' => TRUE,
      ),
      'argument' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_string',
      ),
      'filter' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_string',
      ),
      'sort' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_sort',
      ),
    );
  }

  // delta
  if (in_array($column = 'delta', $field['settings']['views_base_columns'])) {
    $title = t('@field_name => @column', array(
      '@field_name' => $field_name_string,
      '@column' => vf_ucfirst($column),
    ));

    // Views defines this field if multiplicity != 1.
    $field_name_raw = isset($data[$base_table]['delta']) ? 'delta_raw' : 'delta';
    $data[$base_table][$field_name_raw] = array(
      'real field' => 'delta',
      'group' => $group,
      'title' => $title,
      'title short' => $title,
      'label' => $title,
      'help' => t('The sequence number of the data item (multi-value fields).'),
      'field' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_field_numeric',
      ),
      'argument' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_argument_numeric',
        'numeric' => TRUE,
      ),
      'filter' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_numeric',
        'numeric' => TRUE,
      ),
      'sort' => array(
        'handler' => 'views_handler_sort',
      ),
    );
  }

  // Restore fields from views.
  $data[$base_table] += $old_table;
}