Drupal is Stupid (But I Love It Anyway)

Drupal is Stupid
(But I Love It Anyway)

Thursday, November 10, 11

oh hai

• Brock Boland, Jackson River
• @brock
• brock@brockboland.com
• GoSpringboard.com


Plan

• Drupal Overview
• What sucks
• What’s awesome


Drupal

• Open Source CMS
• 6 vs. 7
• Hook system
• Theme functions
• Contrib modules


Stupid


Core doesn’t do much


Animal Fun Fact #1


Animal Fun Fact #1

Source: http://blogs.dixcdn.com/shine_a_light/2011/02/02/love-birds/

Catch-all Hooks
• hook_block()
• list, conﬁgure, save, view

• hook_taxonomy()
• delete, insert, update

• hook_comment()
• insert, update, view, validate, publish, unpublish, delete

• hook_nodeapi()
• alter, delete, delete revision, insert, load, prepare, print, rss item, search
result, presave, update, update index, validate, view


No Objects


DB Layer

• Uses straight SQL queries
• db_query() and db_query_range()
• db_fetch_object() or db_fetch_array()
• drupal_write_record()


D6
db_query("UPDATE {node_type} SET type = '%s', name = '%s', module = '%s', has_title = %d, title_label = '%s',
has_body = %d, body_label = '%s', description = '%s', help = '%s', min_word_count = %d, custom = %d, modified =
%d, locked = %d WHERE type = '%s'", $info->type, $info->name, $info->module, $info->has_title, $info-
>title_label, $info->has_body, $info->body_label, $info->description, $info->help, $info->min_word_count, $info-
>custom, $info->modified, $info->locked, $existing_type);

D7
$fields = array( else {
'type' => (string) $type->type, $fields['orig_type'] = (string) $type-
'name' => (string) $type->name, >orig_type;
'base' => (string) $type->base, db_insert('node_type')
'has_title' => (int) $type->has_title, ->fields($fields)
'title_label' => (string) $type->title_label, ->execute();
'description' => (string) $type->description,
'help' => (string) $type->help, field_attach_create_bundle('node', $type-
'custom' => (int) $type->custom, >type);
'modified' => (int) $type->modified,
'locked' => (int) $type->locked, module_invoke_all('node_type_insert', $type);
'disabled' => (int) $type->disabled, $status = SAVED_NEW;
'module' => $type->module, }
);

if ($is_existing) {
db_update('node_type')
->fields($fields)
->condition('type', $existing_type)
->execute();

if (!empty($type->old_type) && $type-
>old_type != $type->type) {
field_attach_rename_bundle('node', $type-
>old_type, $type->type);
}
module_invoke_all('node_type_update', $type);
$status = SAVED_UPDATED;
}

Animal Fun Fact #2

Source: http://schoolworkhelper.net/2011/06/wolves-habitat-characteristics-behaviors/

Animal Fun Fact #2

Source: http://www.indyposted.com/135755/sarah-palin-hunting-clip-offends-some-over-animal-abuse-others-over-poor-hunting-skills-video/sarah-palin-hunting-2/

Multiple
Implementation
Options


Ajax/AHAH


DIY

function ahah_callback_method() {
// AHAH processing prep
$form_state = array('storage' => NULL, 'submitted' => FALSE);
$form_build_id = $_POST['form_build_id'];
$form = form_get_cache($form_build_id, $form_state);

$args = $form['#parameters'];
$form_id = array_shift($args);
$form_state['post'] = $form['#post'] = $_POST;
$form['#programmed'] = $form['#redirect'] = FALSE;

drupal_process_form($form_id, $form, $form_state);
$form = drupal_rebuild_form($form_id, $form_state, $args,
$form_build_id);

// Now you can do stuff
}


ahah_helper module
/**
// $form_state['submit_handlers'] and $form_state['validate_handlers'].
* Given a POST of a Drupal form (with both a form_build_id set), this
// This problem does not exist when AHAH is disabled, because then the
* function rebuilds the form and then only renders the given form item. If no
// assumption is true, and then you generally provide a button as an
* form item is given, the entire form is rendered.
// alternative to the AHAH behavior.
*
$form_state['submitted'] = TRUE;
* Is used directly in a menu callback in ahah_helper's sole menu item. Can
// Continued from the above: when an AHAH update of the form is triggered
* also be used in more advanced menu callbacks, for example to render
// without using a button, you generally don't want any validation to kick
* multiple form items of the same form and return them separately.
// in. A typical example is adding new fields, possibly even required ones.
*
// You don't want errors to be thrown at the user until they actually submit
* @param $parents
// their values. (Well, actually you want to be smart about this: sometimes
*/
// you do want instant validation, but that's an even bigger pain to solve
function ahah_helper_render($form_item_to_render = FALSE) {
// here so I'll leave that for later…)
$form_state = array('storage' => NULL, 'submitted' => FALSE);
if (!isset($_POST['op'])) {
$form_build_id = $_POST['form_build_id'];
// For the default "{$form_id}_validate" and "{$form_id}_submit" handlers.
$form['#validate'] = NULL;
// Get the form from the cache.
$form['#submit'] = NULL;
$form = form_get_cache($form_build_id, $form_state);
// For customly set #validate and #submit handlers.
$args = $form['#parameters'];
$form_state['submit_handlers'] = NULL;
$form_id = array_shift($args);
$form_state['validate_handlers'] = NULL;
// Disable #required and #element_validate validation.
// Are we on the node form?
_ahah_helper_disable_validation($form);
$node_form = FALSE;
}
if (preg_match('/_node_form$/', $form_id)) {
$node_form = TRUE;
// Build, validate and if possible, submit the form.
module_load_include('inc', 'node', 'node.pages');
drupal_process_form($form_id, $form, $form_state);
}
if ($node_form) {
// get the node from the submitted values
// We will run some of the submit handlers so we need to disable redirecting.
$node = node_form_submit_build_node($form, $form_state);
$form['#redirect'] = FALSE;
// We need to process the form, prepare for that by setting a few internals
// hack to stop taxonomy from resetting when the form is rebuilt
// variables.
$form_state['node']['taxonomy'] = taxonomy_preview_terms($node);
$form['#post'] = $_POST;
}
$form['#programmed'] = FALSE;
$form_state['post'] = $_POST;
// This call recreates the form relying solely on the form_state that the
// drupal_process_form set up.
// $form_state['storage']['#ahah_helper']['file'] has been set, to know
//$form = drupal_rebuild_form($form_id, $form_state, $args, $form_build_id);
// which file should be loaded. This is necessary because we'll use the form
$form = drupal_rebuild_form($form_id, $form_state, $args, $form_build_id);
// definition itself rather than the cached $form.
if (isset($form_state['storage']['#ahah_helper']['file'])) {
// Get the form item we want to render.
require_once($form_state['storage']['#ahah_helper']['file']);
$form_item = _ahah_helper_get_form_item($form, $form_item_to_render);
}

// Get the JS settings so we can merge them.
// If the form is being rebuilt due to something else than a pressed button,
$javascript = drupal_add_js(NULL, NULL, 'header');
// e.g. a select that was changed, then $_POST['op'] will be empty. As a
$settings = call_user_func_array('array_merge_recursive',
// result, Forms API won't be able to detect any pressed buttons. Eventually
$javascript['setting']);
// it will call _form_builder_ie_cleanup(), which will automatically, yet
// inappropriately assign the first in the form as the clicked button. The
drupal_json(array(
// reasoning is that since the form has been submitted, a button surely must
'status' => TRUE,
// have been clicked. This is of course an invalid reasoning in the context
'data' => theme('status_messages') . drupal_render($form_item),
// of AHAH forms.
'settings' => array('ahah' => $settings['ahah']),
// To work around this, we *always* set $form_state['submitted'] to true,
));
// this will prevent _form_builder_ie_cleanup() from assigning a wrong
}
// button. When a button is pressed (thus $_POST['op'] is set), then this
// button will still set $form_state['submitted'],


Assumes You Want an
HTML Page


Animal Fun Fact #3

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1320804/Mountain-goats-climb-160ft-near-vertical-Cingino-dam.html


Steep Learning Curve


Original source unknown


Wonky-ass Interface


Always Need
Custom Module(s)


Media Handling


Misc. Crap

• HTML5
• Mobile
• Conﬁguration Management
• Content Migration


Still?
Pretty Awesome


Stable


Secure


Contrib Modules


Community


On the Whole?

• Stupid
• Getting better
• Still not going to use anything else


Questions?
Which is funnier:

Pirate Monkey, or Aviator Monkey?

jacksonriver.com/monkeys


Once more

• Brock Boland
• @brock
• brock@brockboland.com


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