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1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_view()
2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_view()
3. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_view()
4. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_view()

Act on entities being assembled before rendering.

Parameters

$entity: The entity object.

$type: The type of entity being rendered (i.e. node, user, comment).

$view_mode: The view mode the entity is rendered in.

$langcode: The language code used for rendering.

The module may add elements to $entity->content prior to rendering. The structure of $entity->content is a renderable array as expected by drupal_render().

See also

hook_entity_view_alter()

hook_comment_view()

hook_node_view()

hook_user_view()

Related topics

1 function implements hook_entity_view()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

taxonomy_test_entity_view in modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module

Implements hook_entity_view().

4 invocations of hook_entity_view()

comment_build_content in modules/comment/comment.module

Builds a structured array representing the comment's content.

node_build_content in modules/node/node.module

Builds a structured array representing the node's content.

taxonomy_term_build_content in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module

Builds a structured array representing the term's content.

user_build_content in modules/user/user.module

Builds a structured array representing the profile content.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 428

Code

function hook_entity_view($entity, $type, $view_mode, $langcode) {
    $entity->content['my_additional_field'] = array(
        '#markup' => $additional_field,
        '#weight' => 10,
        '#theme' => 'mymodule_my_additional_field',
    );
}

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