Submitted by Anishnirmal on Thu, 08/31/2017 - 22:02
The following code will return all the available fields as an array by a field type. You can pass the field type that you want to load within getFieldMapByFieldType() function.
Submitted by Anishnirmal on Thu, 08/31/2017 - 20:59
Changing the location of the module which is installed will return error. To do this you have to rebuild the APC cache. Try the one of the following steps after changing the module location.
In Drupal we have site wide common Email ID. This Email id is used for the set as default from Email address for all emails sent from the site. Also, this email id is used to receive the emails regarding the updates for Core and other modules.
Submitted by Anishnirmal on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 19:40
When there is a need of providing search as a RESTFUL web service, it is important that we need to send facets with the search results with in the data. If you have facets in your Drupal instance configured for search pages then you have your Facets module enabled.
The PHP provide us to save values in sessions. For each user, there will be session maintain on the server for holding their values. In Drupal 8 we can able to access session values of a particular user with help of service() function in core.
In Drupal for form fields we able to capture multiple values by specifying unlimited values in manage fields. A similar manner for custom fields added in form alters also able to capture multiple values. The below is the example of creating multiple value capture field with add another button.
The node object is loaded by the function load() of Node class of core Drupal system. The object of the node will hold the pieces of information like Content type, created timestamp, author and revision values. Similarly we able to access node field values. The below is the example accessing the Node properties field values of the node.
In English grammar, there is importance to display words with proper nouns. The Singular and Plural will help to display sentences with numeric count components. Singular means only one. Plural means more than one. In Drupal 8 we can format both singular and plural values by formatPlural() function of Transulation Modules.
The Hook system will provide alter any content from one function from another in Drupal. The Drupal 8 Hook implementation are invoked with help of Core Drupal class function of moduleHandler(). This function will provide the object to execute all hook functions to alter the content.
Submitted by Anishnirmal on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 23:39
Revisions in Drupal 8 comes as a part of core. Every time when you edit or create a content in Drupal 8 you will be provided with an option to create a of that content or page. This is helpful for the process of revert back to the older content.
Submitted by Anishnirmal on Tue, 02/21/2017 - 22:49
Configuration Management Initiative (CMI) in drupal seperates “content” from "configurations". It uses yml files to store the configuration datas And it provides way for deploying configurations over the sites which includes development, staging and production. Configuration Management Initiative (CMI) comes in drupal 8 as a part of core. In short Configuration Management Initiative (CMI) in Drupal 8 solved a many big issues that a drupal 7 developer experiences. In a fresh Drupal 8 instance navigate to..
Submitted by Anishnirmal on Sat, 02/18/2017 - 00:17
Drupal 8 needs Drush version >= 8. Drush 8 has the dependency of Composer. If you don't have composer download and install it using the link https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe for windows. Download and install Git. Open your Command Line or GIT’s bash and try the following commands,
Using the Drupal core currentUser() function we can get logged in user details as Object. Using the object we can determine the user is logged in or not. The below is the sample code of checking whether the user is logged in or not.
In Drupal while developing it not showing the errors instead of it will be showing us a White screen. This screen is known as White Screen Of Death(WSOD). During development, we need to debug the errors, for this purpose we want to show errors. To show errors instead or white screen we need to add below lines in "settings.php".
Theme debugging will help on developing our Drupal 8 site. It will suggest the TWIG file that associate for DOM structure to change. This information is appended to command in HTML that Drupal renders. We can access this information in inspecting the HTML or on developer window. When debugging is enabled the markup of each Twig template is surrounded by HTML comments that, contain theming information, such as template file name suggestions.
The Inline entity form is the Drupal Contribute module. Which help to embed a entity form into another entity. Example: Commerce product add form cam be used in Node form. This module will help to create, update and delete entity based on its parent entity. This module embed entity form as the object to its parent form. To alter this specific entity form there is hook called hook_inline_entity_form_entity_form_alter().
Below is the syntax and example to usage of hook_inline_entity_form_entity_form_alter() to alter inline forms.