1 views.api.php hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args)

Allows altering a view at the very beginning of views processing, before anything is done.

Adding output to the view can be accomplished by placing text on $view->attachment_before and $view->attachment_after.

Parameters

$view: The view object about to be processed.

$display_id: The machine name of the active display.

$args: An array of arguments passed into the view.

Related topics

Views hooks Hooks that can be implemented by other modules in order to implement the Views API.

File

core/modules/views/views.api.php, line 704
Describe hooks provided by the Views module.

Code

function hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args) {
  // Change the display if the acting user has 'administer site configuration'
  // permission, to display something radically different. Note that this is
  // not necessarily the best way to solve that task. Feel free to contribute
  // another example!.
  if (
  $view->name == 'my_special_view' && 
    user_access('administer site configuration') && 
    $display_id == 'public_display'
    ) {
    $view->set_display('private_display');
  }
}