Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 5.x-1.x views.module \views_get_view()
  2. 7.x-3.x views.module \views_get_view()

Get a view from the database or from default views.

This function is just a static wrapper around views::load(). This function isn't called 'views_load()' primarily because it might get a view from the default views which aren't technically loaded from the database.

Parameters

$name: The name of the view.

$reset: If TRUE, reset this entry in the load cache.

Return value

view A reference to the $view object. Use $reset if you're sure you want a fresh one.

7 calls to views_get_view()
views_embed_view in ./views.module
Embed a view using a PHP snippet.
views_get_view_result in ./views.module
Get the result of a view.
views_ui_add_form_validate in includes/admin.inc
Validate the add view form.
views_ui_cache_load in ./views_ui.module
Specialized menu callback to load a view either out of the cache or just load it.
views_ui_default_load in ./views_ui.module
Specialized menu callback to load a view that is only a default view.

... See full list

File

./views.module, line 1116
Primarily Drupal hooks and global API functions to manipulate views.

Code

function views_get_view($name, $reset = FALSE) {
  views_include('view');
  $view = view::load($name, $reset);
  $default_view = views_get_default_view($name, $reset);

  // The view does not exist.
  if (empty($view) && empty($default_view)) {
    return;
  }
  elseif (empty($view) && !empty($default_view)) {
    $status = variable_get('views_defaults', array());
    if (isset($status[$default_view->name])) {
      $default_view->disabled = $status[$default_view->name];
    }
    $default_view->type = t('Default');
    return $default_view
      ->clone_view();
  }
  elseif (!empty($view) && !empty($default_view)) {
    $view->type = t('Overridden');
  }
  return $view
    ->clone_view();
}