'
' . t("This example does a simplest possible autocomplete by username. You'll need a few users on your system for it to make sense.") . '
',
);
$form['user'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Choose a user (or a people, depending on your usage preference)'),
// The autocomplete path is provided in hook_menu in ajax_example.module.
'#autocomplete_path' => 'examples/ajax_example/simple_user_autocomplete_callback',
);
return $form;
}
/**
* This is just a copy of user_autocomplete().
*
* It works simply by searching usernames (and of course in Drupal usernames
* are unique, so can be used for identifying a record.)
*
* The returned $matches array has
* * key: string which will be displayed once the autocomplete is selected
* * value: the value which will is displayed in the autocomplete pulldown.
*
* In the simplest cases (see user_autocomplete()) these are the same, and
* nothing needs to be done. However, more more complicated autocompletes
* require more work. Here we demonstrate the difference by displaying the UID
* along with the username in the dropdown.
*
* In the end, though, we'll be doing something with the value that ends up in
* the textfield, so it needs to uniquely identify the record we want to access.
* This is demonstrated in ajax_example_unique_autocomplete().
*
* @param string $string
* The string that will be searched.
*/
function ajax_example_simple_user_autocomplete_callback($string = "") {
$matches = array();
if ($string) {
$result = db_select('users')
->fields('users', array('name', 'uid'))
->condition('name', db_like($string) . '%', 'LIKE')
->range(0, 10)
->execute();
foreach ($result as $user) {
// In the simplest case (see user_autocomplete), the key and the value are
// the same. Here we'll display the uid along with the username in the
// dropdown.
$matches[$user->name] = check_plain($user->name) . " (uid=$user->uid)";
}
}
drupal_json_output($matches);
}
/**
* An autocomplete form to look up nodes by title.
*
* An autocomplete form which looks up nodes by title in the node table,
* but must keep track of the nid, because titles are certainly not guaranteed
* to be unique.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*
* * @return array
* Form array.
*/
function ajax_example_unique_autocomplete($form, &$form_state) {
$form['info'] = array(
'#markup' => '' . t("This example does a node autocomplete by title. The difference between this and a username autocomplete is that the node title may not be unique, so we have to use the nid for uniqueness, placing it in a parseable location in the textfield.") . '
',
);
$form['node'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Choose a node by title'),
// The autocomplete path is provided in hook_menu in ajax_example.module.
'#autocomplete_path' => 'examples/ajax_example/unique_node_autocomplete_callback',
);
$form['actions'] = array(
'#type' => 'actions',
);
$form['actions']['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
'#value' => t('Submit'),
);
return $form;
}
/**
* Node title validation handler.
*
* Validate handler to convert our string like "Some node title [3325]" into a
* nid.
*
* In case the user did not actually use the autocomplete or have a valid string
* there, we'll try to look up a result anyway giving it our best guess.
*
* Since the user chose a unique node, we must now use the same one in our
* submit handler, which means we need to look in the string for the nid.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*/
function ajax_example_unique_autocomplete_validate($form, &$form_state) {
$title = $form_state['values']['node'];
$matches = array();
// This preg_match() looks for the last pattern like [33334] and if found
// extracts the numeric portion.
$result = preg_match('/\[([0-9]+)\]$/', $title, $matches);
if ($result > 0) {
// If $result is nonzero, we found a match and can use it as the index into
// $matches.
$nid = $matches[$result];
// Verify that it's a valid nid.
$node = node_load($nid);
if (empty($node)) {
form_error($form['node'], t('Sorry, no node with nid %nid can be found', array('%nid' => $nid)));
return;
}
}
// BUT: Not everybody will have javascript turned on, or they might hit ESC
// and not use the autocomplete values offered. In that case, we can attempt
// to come up with a useful value. This is not absolutely necessary, and we
// *could* just emit a form_error() as below.
else {
$nid = db_select('node')
->fields('node', array('nid'))
->condition('title', db_like($title) . '%', 'LIKE')
->range(0, 1)
->execute()
->fetchField();
}
// Now, if we somehow found a nid, assign it to the node. If we failed, emit
// an error.
if (!empty($nid)) {
$form_state['values']['node'] = $nid;
}
else {
form_error($form['node'], t('Sorry, no node starting with %title can be found', array('%title' => $title)));
}
}
/**
* Submit handler for node lookup unique autocomplete example.
*
* Here the nid has already been placed in $form_state['values']['node'] by the
* validation handler.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*/
function ajax_example_unique_autocomplete_submit($form, &$form_state) {
$node = node_load($form_state['values']['node']);
drupal_set_message(t('You found node %nid with title %title', array('%nid' => $node->nid, '%title' => $node->title)));
}
/**
* Autocomplete callback for nodes by title.
*
* Searches for a node by title, but then identifies it by nid, so the actual
* returned value can be used later by the form.
*
* The returned $matches array has
* - key: The title, with the identifying nid in brackets, like "Some node
* title [3325]"
* - value: the title which will is displayed in the autocomplete pulldown.
*
* Note that we must use a key style that can be parsed successfully and
* unambiguously. For example, if we might have node titles that could have
* [3325] in them, then we'd have to use a more restrictive token.
*
* @param string $string
* The string that will be searched.
*/
function ajax_example_unique_node_autocomplete_callback($string = "") {
$matches = array();
if ($string) {
$result = db_select('node')
->fields('node', array('nid', 'title'))
->condition('title', db_like($string) . '%', 'LIKE')
->range(0, 10)
->execute();
foreach ($result as $node) {
$matches[$node->title . " [$node->nid]"] = check_plain($node->title);
}
}
drupal_json_output($matches);
}
/**
* Search by title and author.
*
* In this example, we'll look up nodes by title, but we want only nodes that
* have been authored by a particular user. That means that we'll have to make
* an autocomplete function which takes a username as an argument, and use
* #ajax to change the #autocomplete_path based on the selected user.
*
* Although the implementation of the validate handler may look complex, it's
* just ambitious. The idea here is:
* 1. Autcomplete to get a valid username.
* 2. Use #ajax to update the node element with a #autocomplete_callback that
* gives the context for the username.
* 3. Do an autcomplete on the node field that is limited by the username.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*
* @return array
* Form API array.
*/
function ajax_example_node_by_author_autocomplete($form, &$form_state) {
$form['intro'] = array(
'#markup' => '' . t("This example uses a user autocomplete to dynamically change a node title autocomplete using #ajax.
This is a way to get past the fact that we have no other way to provide context to the autocomplete function.
It won't work very well unless you have a few users who have created some content that you can search for.") . '
',
);
$form['author'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Choose the username that authored nodes you are interested in'),
// Since we just need simple user lookup, we can use the simplest function
// of them all, user_autocomplete().
'#autocomplete_path' => 'user/autocomplete',
'#ajax' => array(
'callback' => 'ajax_example_node_by_author_ajax_callback',
'wrapper' => 'autocomplete-by-node-ajax-replace',
),
);
// This form element with autocomplete will be replaced by #ajax whenever the
// author changes, allowing the search to be limited by user.
$form['node'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Choose a node by title'),
'#prefix' => '',
'#suffix' => '
',
'#disabled' => TRUE,
);
// When the author changes in the author field, we'll change the
// autocomplete_path to match.
if (!empty($form_state['values']['author'])) {
$author = user_load_by_name($form_state['values']['author']);
if (!empty($author)) {
$autocomplete_path = 'examples/ajax_example/node_by_author_autocomplete/' . $author->uid;
$form['node']['#autocomplete_path'] = $autocomplete_path;
$form['node']['#title'] = t('Choose a node title authored by %author', array('%author' => $author->name));
$form['node']['#disabled'] = FALSE;
}
}
$form['actions'] = array(
'#type' => 'actions',
);
$form['actions']['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
'#value' => t('Submit'),
);
return $form;
}
/**
* AJAX callback for author form element.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*
* @return array
* Form API array.
*/
function ajax_example_node_by_author_ajax_callback($form, $form_state) {
return $form['node'];
}
/**
* Validate handler to convert our title string into a nid.
*
* In case the user did not actually use the autocomplete or have a valid string
* there, we'll try to look up a result anyway giving it our best guess.
*
* Since the user chose a unique node, we must now use the same one in our
* submit handler, which means we need to look in the string for the nid.
*
* This handler looks complex because it's ambitious (and tries to punt and
* find a node if they've entered a valid username and part of a title), but
* you *could* just do a form_error() if nothing were found, forcing people to
* use the autocomplete to look up the relevant items.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*
* @return array
* Form API array.
*/
function ajax_example_node_by_author_autocomplete_validate($form, &$form_state) {
$title = $form_state['values']['node'];
$author = $form_state['values']['author'];
$matches = array();
// We must have a valid user.
$account = user_load_by_name($author);
if (empty($account)) {
form_error($form['author'], t('You must choose a valid author username'));
return;
}
// This preg_match() looks for the last pattern like [33334] and if found
// extracts the numeric portion.
$result = preg_match('/\[([0-9]+)\]$/', $title, $matches);
if ($result > 0) {
// If $result is nonzero, we found a match and can use it as the index into
// $matches.
$nid = $matches[$result];
// Verify that it's a valid nid.
$node = node_load($nid);
if (empty($node)) {
form_error($form['node'], t('Sorry, no node with nid %nid can be found', array('%nid' => $nid)));
return;
}
}
// BUT: Not everybody will have javascript turned on, or they might hit ESC
// and not use the autocomplete values offered. In that case, we can attempt
// to come up with a useful value. This is not absolutely necessary, and we
// *could* just emit a form_error() as below. Here we'll find the *first*
// matching title and assume that is adequate.
else {
$nid = db_select('node')
->fields('node', array('nid'))
->condition('uid', $account->uid)
->condition('title', db_like($title) . '%', 'LIKE')
->range(0, 1)
->execute()
->fetchField();
}
// Now, if we somehow found a nid, assign it to the node. If we failed, emit
// an error.
if (!empty($nid)) {
$form_state['values']['node'] = $nid;
}
else {
form_error($form['node'], t('Sorry, no node starting with %title can be found', array('%title' => $title)));
}
}
/**
* Submit handler for node lookup unique autocomplete example.
*
* Here the nid has already been placed in $form_state['values']['node'] by the
* validation handler.
*
* @param array $form
* Form API form.
* @param array $form_state
* Form API form state.
*
* @return array
* Form API array.
*/
function ajax_example_node_by_author_autocomplete_submit($form, &$form_state) {
$node = node_load($form_state['values']['node']);
$account = user_load($node->uid);
drupal_set_message(t('You found node %nid with title !title_link, authored by !user_link',
array(
'%nid' => $node->nid,
'!title_link' => l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid),
'!user_link' => theme('username', array('account' => $account)),
)
));
}
/**
* Autocomplete callback for nodes by title but limited by author.
*
* Searches for a node by title given the passed-in author username.
*
* The returned $matches array has
* - key: The title, with the identifying nid in brackets, like "Some node
* title [3325]"
* - value: the title which will is displayed in the autocomplete pulldown.
*
* Note that we must use a key style that can be parsed successfully and
* unambiguously. For example, if we might have node titles that could have
* [3325] in them, then we'd have to use a more restrictive token.
*
* @param int $author_uid
* The author username to limit the search.
* @param string $string
* The string that will be searched.
*/
function ajax_example_node_by_author_node_autocomplete_callback($author_uid, $string = "") {
$matches = array();
if ($author_uid > 0 && trim($string)) {
$result = db_select('node')
->fields('node', array('nid', 'title'))
->condition('uid', $author_uid)
->condition('title', db_like($string) . '%', 'LIKE')
->range(0, 10)
->execute();
foreach ($result as $node) {
$matches[$node->title . " [$node->nid]"] = check_plain($node->title);
}
}
drupal_json_output($matches);
}