By nilashis on

How to embed node add form in a block?

I have tried the following but it does not work. "free_listing2_node_form" is the form_id of the node add form I want to embed in this block.

If the approach below is right, I suspect problem in this statement "$block['content'] = drupal_get_form('free_listing2_node_form');"

Any help / direction is much appreciated!


<?php

 
function freelisting2_block_info() {
  $blocks['neil_recent'] = array(
    'info' => t('neil_Recent content'),
  );

  return $blocks;
}

function freelisting2_block_view($delta = '') {
  $block = array();

  switch ($delta) {
    case 'neil_recent':
      if (user_access('access content')) {
        $block['subject'] = t('Recent content');
		$block['content'] = drupal_get_form('free_listing2_node_form');
      }
      break;
  }
  return $block;
}


?>
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Comments

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

I use the Form block module for such tasks

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nilashis commented

@nevets - Have you used Form Block for drupal 7 too? Looks like a dev release - does it work well for you with D7?

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

It has worked for me in Drupal 7.

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blairski commented

This is an old thread, but just in case it helps someone..

In the above code snippet, if you change drupal_get_form with node_add, it should work.

So:

$block['content'] = drupal_get_form('free_listing2_node_form');

Becomes:

$block['content'] = node_add('free_listing2_node_form');

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nevets commented

node_add() takes a content type (not a form) as an argument and additionally it sets the page title which is probably not desired when using the form in a block.

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himanshupathak3 commented

Below is a demo function which returns the node type form.

/**
 * @param string $type
 * @return string
 */
function _custom_work_get_node_form($type = 'page') {
  global $user;
  module_load_include('inc', 'node', 'node.pages');
  $node = (object) array(
    'uid' => $user->uid,
    'name' => (isset($user->name) ? $user->name : ''),
    'type' => $type,
    'language' => LANGUAGE_NONE
  );
  $form = drupal_get_form($type . '_node_form', $node);
  return $form;
}

Himanshu