function node_build_content
Builds a structured array representing the node's content.
The content built for the node (field values, comments, file attachments or other node components) will vary depending on the $view_mode parameter.
Drupal core defines the following view modes for nodes, with the following default use cases:
- full (default): node is being displayed on its own page (node/123)
 - teaser: node is being displayed on the default home page listing, on taxonomy listing pages, or on blog listing pages.
 - rss: node displayed in an RSS feed.
 
If search.module is enabled:
- search_index: node is being indexed for search.
 - search_result: node is being displayed as a search result.
 
If book.module is enabled:
- print: node is being displayed in print-friendly mode.
 
Contributed modules might define additional view modes, or use existing view modes in additional contexts.
Parameters
$node: A node object.
$view_mode: View mode, e.g. 'full', 'teaser'...
$langcode: (optional) A language code to use for rendering. Defaults to the global content language of the current request.
4 calls to node_build_content()
- hook_search_execute in modules/
search/ search.api.php  - Execute a search for a set of key words.
 - hook_update_index in modules/
search/ search.api.php  - Update the search index for this module.
 - NodeBuildContent::testNodeRebuildContent in modules/
node/ node.test  - Ensures that content array is rebuilt on every call to node_build_content().
 - node_view in modules/
node/ node.module  - Generates an array for rendering the given node.
 
File
- 
              modules/
node/ node.module, line 1392  
Code
function node_build_content($node, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
  if (!isset($langcode)) {
    $langcode = $GLOBALS['language_content']->language;
  }
  // Remove previously built content, if exists.
  $node->content = array();
  // Allow modules to change the view mode.
  $view_mode = key(entity_view_mode_prepare('node', array(
    $node->nid => $node,
  ), $view_mode, $langcode));
  // The 'view' hook can be implemented to overwrite the default function
  // to display nodes.
  if (node_hook($node, 'view')) {
    $node = node_invoke($node, 'view', $view_mode, $langcode);
  }
  // Build fields content.
  // In case of a multiple view, node_view_multiple() already ran the
  // 'prepare_view' step. An internal flag prevents the operation from running
  // twice.
  field_attach_prepare_view('node', array(
    $node->nid => $node,
  ), $view_mode, $langcode);
  entity_prepare_view('node', array(
    $node->nid => $node,
  ), $langcode);
  $node->content += field_attach_view('node', $node, $view_mode, $langcode);
  // Always display a read more link on teasers because we have no way to know
  // when a teaser view is different than a full view.
  $links = array();
  $node->content['links'] = array(
    '#theme' => 'links__node',
    '#pre_render' => array(
      'drupal_pre_render_links',
    ),
    '#attributes' => array(
      'class' => array(
        'links',
        'inline',
      ),
    ),
  );
  if ($view_mode == 'teaser') {
    $node_title_stripped = strip_tags($node->title);
    $links['node-readmore'] = array(
      'title' => t('Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about @title</span>', array(
        '@title' => $node_title_stripped,
      )),
      'href' => 'node/' . $node->nid,
      'html' => TRUE,
      'attributes' => array(
        'rel' => 'tag',
        'title' => $node_title_stripped,
      ),
    );
  }
  $node->content['links']['node'] = array(
    '#theme' => 'links__node__node',
    '#links' => $links,
    '#attributes' => array(
      'class' => array(
        'links',
        'inline',
      ),
    ),
  );
  // Allow modules to make their own additions to the node.
  module_invoke_all('node_view', $node, $view_mode, $langcode);
  module_invoke_all('entity_view', $node, 'node', $view_mode, $langcode);
  // Make sure the current view mode is stored if no module has already
  // populated the related key.
  $node->content += array(
    '#view_mode' => $view_mode,
  );
}
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