How to get the fully themed field?

print content_format('field_my_field', $field_my_field[0]);

CCK Documentation for themers

print content_format('field_my_field', $field_my_field[0]);

Applies the default formatter, whatever that is.

print content_format('field_my_field', $field_my_field[0], 'trimmed');

Applies the 'trimmed' formatter, assuming you're on a field that has one. You're right that it does not apply a label, but it certainly does apply the formatter.

If you want the complete formatted item with a label and all the html in 5.x, you get it from the $content array, like:

$node->content['field_my_field]['#value'];

The formatter used in the $node content array will be whatever one you selected in the 'Display fields' tab for the view you are using.

Using content_format() is suggested because it is future-proof. The place where the formatted code is found is different in 4.7 and 5.x and is likely to change again in 6.x, so if you use it, you will have to change all your templates every time you upgrade to a new Drupal version, but content_format() works the same in all versions.

In your example where you say $field_my_field[0]['view'] has no formatters applied because you see no html tags, that's incorrect. Most of the formatters do not wrap the element in html, they do things like apply filters to the content of the individual field value (for a textfield) or format a number with commas and decimals, so the fact that you don't see any html does not mean the formatters weren't applied.

The assumption is that if you are printing individual field items in your template, it's because you want to display it differently than the default template. If it came wrapped in html, it might make no sense at all in your next context, so if you use content_format() you need to add your own labels and html to it.

It's true that we should probably find a way to make the 'fully themed version' in a node-template variable...

You can even try to theme each field with its custom tpl file even if the syntax is a little bit more complicated .
This way you can manage fields order and formatters using the UI without having to deal with the template file whenever you want ot make changes.

yojoe, I'm trying to do the same thing, and have been for DAYS, and I'm having trouble using ?php print($node->content['field_my_field']['#value']); ?>. This works great on basic fields and certain fields that were generated by other modules that use CCK (for example, the ubercart module creates a field called "sell price" and I'm able to reference this with 'sell_price'.

However, I have a field called "genre" that I created with CCK by going to admin>content>taxonomy and adding a new vocabulary, and then attaching this to each node type I want it on. For the life of my, I can't figure out how to reference this field! I've tried many permutations, but to save some screen space here I'll only list one: <?php print($node->content['field_genre]['#value']); ?>. But it seems like for a field created by taxonomy, the field name is something more mysterious.

Do you have any thoughts?

Best,
David

Thank you for the explanation KarenS. I didn't know this content_format() and future upgrades

Yeah, thanks KarenS! Your explanation also helped me not waste lots more time trying to figure this out.

By the way bartoki, though I don't know the solution to your problem, it sounds like you're working with a taxonomy term and not a CCK field. Those are two completely different things and the solution posted here won't work for you.

subsribing

Hi
Same problem here.
If you use content_format for number, text, user, and node reference fields, these are the field formatter names :

for numbers:

'default' => '9999'

'us_0' => '9,999'

'us_1' => '9,999.9'

'us_2' => '9,999.99'

'be_0' => '9.999'

'be_1' => '9.999,9'

'be_2' => '9.999,99'

'fr_0' => '9 999'

'fr_1' => '9 999, 9'

'fr_2' => '9 999, 99'

'unformatted' 'unformatted'

for text:

'default' => 'Default'

'plain' => 'Plain text'

'trimmed' => 'Trimmed'

for user reference:

'default' => 'Default'

'plain' => 'Plain text'

for node reference:

'default' => 'Title (link)'

'plain' => 'Title (no link)'

'full' => 'Full node'

'teaser' => 'Teaser'

Taken from each .module file in the CCK module, hook_field_formatter_info() implementation.

Why are you guys not using $FIELDNAME_rendered ?

$FIELDNAME_rendered is only in D6. The original question was answered I think.