Theming view for multiple value field

Question

I know this is probably a n00b question but I've searched everywhere for an answer and havent found anything.

I have a CCK multiple value field for "Features" where a product can have a random number of multiple features entered for it. I am editing the view so I can style the output of the features on the product page.

Right now in my view I can output the entire list of features at once using:

<?php print $fields['field_features_value']->content ?>

This will give me a list all the features given for a product. But what I want to do is loop through and pull out each individual feature and format/style it separately. How exactly would I do this?

Well I thought this would be a common question but I've searched everywhere and I still havent found how to do this with Views row theming. — Justin

atwixtor atwixtor · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-28T13:29:52

I ran into this yesterday again, and spent hours trying to Google the syntax, to no avail.

I was able to get this to work, but I must admit it is not the best way. It is duplicating some of the work that Views has already potentially done for us, and should be considered a brute-force approach.

My use case involved theming each filefield file in a node separately, per node-based row:

<?php
// $Id: views-view-field.tpl.php,v 1.1 2008/05/16 22:22:32 merlinofchaos Exp $
 /**
  * This template is used to print a single field in a view. It is not
  * actually used in default Views, as this is registered as a theme
  * function which has better performance. For single overrides, the
  * template is perfectly okay.
  *
  * Variables available:
  * - $view: The view object
  * - $field: The field handler object that can process the input
  * - $row: The raw SQL result that can be used
  * - $output: The processed output that will normally be used.
  *
  * When fetching output from the $row, this construct should be used:
  * $data = $row->{$field->field_alias}
  *
  * The above will guarantee that you'll always get the correct data,
  * regardless of any changes in the aliasing that might happen if
  * the view is modified.
  */
?>
<?php

$output = explode('|', $output); // I've rewritten the field output in Views like this: [field_portfolio_image-field_name]|[nid]
$paths = $output[0]; // I've set filefield to show file paths rather than the file
$nid = $output[1]; // The NID is all that's really needed for this approach

$node = node_load($nid);
$slots = $node->field_portfolio_image;

foreach($slots as $prop) {
        print '<a href="'.$prop[filepath].'" title="'.$prop[data][description].'" rel="gallery-'.$nid.'" class="colorbox hidden">'.$prop[data][description].'</a>';
    }

?>

I used the Devel module heavily here (image reference for this example attached), in order to get the nested values I needed.

Devel view of fields used

I know there is a better, proper way of doing this, rather than reloading the node data, since views should already have access to this upon page load.

Theming view for multiple value field

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