Undefined index: entity type in views_handler_field_entity->init()

Hi,

Please try with this code:

<?php
/**
* A handler to display data from entity objects.
*
* Fields based upon this handler work with all query-backends if the tables
* used by the query backend have an 'entity type' specified. In order to
* make fields based upon this handler automatically available to all compatible
* query backends, the views field can be defined in the table
* @code views_entity_{ENTITY_TYPE} @endcode.
*
* @ingroup views_field_handlers
*/
class views_handler_field_entity extends views_handler_field {

/**
* Stores the entity type which is loaded by this field.
*/
public $entity_type;

/**
* Stores all entites which are in the result.
*/
public $entities;

/**
* The base field of the entity type assosiated with this field.
*/
public $base_field;

/**
* Initialize the entity type.
*/
public function init(&$view, &$options) {
parent::init($view, $options);

// Initialize the entity-type used.
$table_data = views_fetch_data($this->table);
$this->entity_type = $table_data['table']['entity type'];
}

/**
* Overriden to add the field for the entity id.
*/
function query() {
$this->table_alias = $base_table = $this->view->base_table;
$this->base_field = $this->view->base_field;

if (!empty($this->relationship)) {
foreach ($this->view->relationship as $relationship) {
if ($relationship->alias == $this->relationship) {
$base_table = $relationship->definition['base'];
$this->table_alias = $relationship->alias;

$table_data = views_fetch_data($base_table);
$this->base_field = empty($relationship->definition['base field']) ? $table_data['table']['base']['field'] : $relationship->definition['base field'];
}
}
}

// Add the field if the query back-end implements an add_field() method,
// just like the default back-end.
if (method_exists($this->query, 'add_field')) {
$this->field_alias = $this->query->add_field($this->table_alias, $this->base_field, '');
}

$this->add_additional_fields();
}

/**
* Load the entities for all rows that are about to be displayed.
*/
function pre_render(&$values) {
if (!empty($values)) {
list($this->entity_type, $this->entities) = $this->query->get_result_entities($values, !empty($this->relationship) ? $this->relationship : NULL, $this->field_alias);
}
}

/**
* Overridden to return the entity object, or a certain property of the entity.
*/
function get_value($values, $field = NULL) {
if (isset($this->entities[$this->view->row_index])) {
$entity = $this->entities[$this->view->row_index];
// Support to get a certain part of the entity.
if (isset($field) && isset($entity->{$field})) {
return $entity->{$field};
}
// Support to get a part of the values as the normal get_value.
elseif (isset($field) && isset($values->{$this->aliases[$field]})) {
return $values->{$this->aliases[$field]};
}
else {
return $entity;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
}

I would say this is already fixed in 7.x-3.x-dev

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I'm not using the killfile module and I'm getting this error:

Notice: Undefined index: entity type in views_handler_field_entity->init() (line 44 of /.../sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field_entity.inc

Drupal 7.26
Views 7.x-3.7+20-dev

Hmm. I'm getting this error on line 44 in the latest update to VBO.
I updated line 44 to be the following to help me get past this:

was: $this->entity_type = $table_data['table']['entity type'];
new: $this->entity_type = (isset($table_data['table']['entity type'])) ? $table_data['table']['entity type'] : null;

Bit of a newbie here, so I welcome a more correct patch.

FWIW: the cause of this issue begins at hook_views_data, where it is perfectly OK not to define an 'entity type' for a table entry. This however generates the error notification that the index 'entity type' is missing (obviously).

For example, the module simplenews causes this issue; see: simplenews_views_data where the table simplenews_mail_spool is defined, having only indexes 'base' and 'group' (and no 'entity type').

Even without this index 'entity type' everything seems to work fine, so the patch is rather simple: only use the index if it exists.

Hope this helps anyone still bumping into this problem (like I did).

I can confirm the patch has fixed this issue. Thank you @INAScon!

Patch in #10 fixed the issue for me as well.

Committed. Thanks.