function hook_views_pre_view

3.x views.api.php hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args)
2.x docs.php hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args)

Allows altering a view at the very beginning of views processing, before anything is done.

Adding output to the view can be accomplished by placing text on $view->attachment_before and $view->attachment_after.

Parameters

$view: The view object about to be processed.

$display_id: The machine name of the active display.

$args: An array of arguments passed into the view.

Related topics

Views hooks
Hooks that can be implemented by other modules in order to implement the Views API.
1 invocation of hook_views_pre_view()
view::pre_execute in includes/view.inc
Run attachments and let the display do what it needs to do prior to running.

File

./views.api.php, line 903
Describe hooks provided by the Views module.

Code

function hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args) {
  // Change the display if the acting user has 'administer site configuration'
  // permission, to display something radically different.
  // (Note that this is not necessarily the best way to solve that task. Feel
  // free to contribute another example!)
  if (
  $view->name == 'my_special_view' && 
    user_access('administer site configuration') && 
    $display_id == 'public_display'
    ) {
    $display_id = 'private_display';
  }
}