Views set filter programatically

29/04/2012 - Ted

Code which is meant to set it (works in most cases), but which ended up not working for me in one instance which is kinda annoying. Ended up using a contextual filter instead which with programming, is a much easier way to go.

  $view = views_get_view('userstat_cats');
  if ($view) {
    $blah = clone $view;
//    $view->set_display('page');
    $somefilter = $view->get_item('default', 'filter', 'field_is_active_value');
    drupal_set_message('<pre>' . print_r($somefilter, TRUE) . '</pre>');
 
    $view->execute();
    drupal_set_message('filtered <pre>' . print_r($view->result, TRUE) . '</pre>');
 
    // Kill the filter.
    $somefilter['operator'] = FALSE;
    $somefitler['value'] = array();
    $blah->set_item('default', 'filter', 'field_is_active_value', $somefilter);
 
    $blah->execute();
    drupal_set_message('not filtered <pre>' . print_r($blah->result, TRUE) . '</pre>');
 
    return $view->preview();
  }
  return 'Hello world';

Here's the array construct for a views filter.

/**
NOT IN (inactive)
Array
(
    [id] => field_is_active_value
    [table] => field_data_field_is_active
    [field] => field_is_active_value
    [relationship] => none
    [group_type] => group
    [ui_name] =>
    [operator] => not in
    [value] => Array
        (
            [inactive] => inactive
        )

    [group] => 1
    [exposed] =>
    [expose] => Array
        (
            [operator_id] =>
            [label] =>
            [use_operator] => 0
            [operator] =>
            [identifier] =>
            [required] => 0
            [remember] => 0
            [multiple] => 0
            [reduce] =>
        )

)
IN (active ones)
Array
(
    [id] => field_is_active_value
    [table] => field_data_field_is_active
    [field] => field_is_active_value
    [relationship] => none
    [group_type] => group
    [ui_name] =>
    [operator] => in
    [value] => Array
        (
            [activestartup] => activestartup
            [activekey] => activekey
            [activementor] => activementor
        )

    [group] => 1
    [exposed] =>
    [expose] => Array
        (
            [operator_id] =>
            [label] =>
            [use_operator] => 0
            [operator] =>
            [identifier] =>
            [required] => 0
            [remember] => 0
            [multiple] => 0
            [reduce] =>
        )

)
*/

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