I'm theming a view and want to include various fields in the .tpl.php file, but don't want them displayed normally. So I tick the 'Exclude from display' box, but then they don't appear in the $fields variable for me to use in the .tpl.php file...

I'm assuming I've misunderstood something and that this is by design, so could someone please explain this to me?

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dawehner’s picture

dawehner
Primary language German
commented

i can't explain it, but
you can solve it by don't expose it and do custom theming

ps: i removed the exclude fields issue tags, this are definitve not the right way to use them

Cool_Goose’s picture

Cool_Goose commented
Version: 6.x-2.2 » 6.x-2.5
Category: support » bug

Happens on 2.5 as well
Marked it as a bug (someone else move it if i'm wrong).
So create a view > add some fields > exclude the field from display (in the hope of doing advanced theming) > it doesn't show in $fields anymore (used dsm());

Workaround. Leave it without the exclude. Do strip_tags on the content.

/update
It seems that it conflicts a bit with the devel module themer component.

Ex:
You have an image cck field that you add it as a field in the view;
Without the themer you only get the link to the image in the content, with it you get all the spans of the themer module around the url => breaks
<img src="<?php print $fields['my_image_field']->content" />

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Closing this issue. As explained, this can be 'fixed' by not excluding fields, and then simply not outputting them in the template file.