document how to use hook_views_default_views_alter() to add fields to default views [#1342250]

I'm trying to use hook_views_default_views_alter() to add fields to the view defined by another module.

I've tried:

1.
$views[$view_name]->add_item('default', 'field', $table_name, 'edit_link');

-- causes an out of memory error (on 256Mb)

    $views[$view_name]->display['default']->handler->options['fields']['edit_link'] = array(
      'label' => 'edit link',
      'id' => 'edit_link',
      'table' => $table_name,
      'field' => 'edit_link',
      'exclude' => 0,
      'relationship' => 'none',
    );

-- seems to do nothing

    $fields = $views[$view_name]->display['default']->handler->options['fields'];
    $fields['edit_link'] = array(
      'label' => 'edit link',
      'id' => 'edit_link',
      'table' => $table_name,
      'field' => 'edit_link',
      'exclude' => 0,
      'relationship' => 'none',
    );
    $views[$view_name]->display['default']->handler->override_option('fields', $fields);

-- out of memory error, it appears theme_status_messages() is full.

What's the correct way to do this?

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	1342250.views_.hook_views_default_views_alter-docs.patch	1.03 KB	joachim
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Comments

Comment #1

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 15 November 2011 at 13:29

Status:

Active

» Fixed

This advice from Dereine on IRC works:

$handler =& $view->display['foo']->handler;
  /* Field: User: Name */
  $handler->display->display_options['fields']['name']['id'] = 'name';
  $handler->display->display_options['fields']['name']['table'] = 'users';
  $handler->display->display_options['fields']['name']['field'] = 'name';
  $handler->display->display_options['fields']['name']['label'] = 'Author';
  $handler->display->display_options['fields']['name']['link_to_user'] = 1;

Comment #2

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 15 November 2011 at 13:38

Title:	how to use hook_views_default_views_alter() to add fields to default views?	» document how to use hook_views_default_views_alter() to add fields to default views
Component:	Code	» Documentation
Category:	support	» bug
Status:	Fixed	» Needs review