function hook_views_pre_execute

Same name in other branches
  1. 6.x-3.x docs/docs.php \hook_views_pre_execute()

This hook is called right before the execute process.

The query is now fully built, but it has not yet been run through db_rewrite_sql.

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

Parameters

object $view: The view object about to be processed.

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_execute()
view::execute in includes/view.inc
Execute the view's query.

File

./views.api.php, line 1059

Code

function hook_views_pre_execute(&$view) {
    // Whenever a view queries more than two tables, show a message that notifies
    // view administrators that the query might be heavy.
    // (This action could be performed later in the execution process, but not
    // earlier.)
    if (count($view->query->tables) > 2 && user_access('administer views')) {
        drupal_set_message(t('The view %view may be heavy to execute.', array(
            '%view' => $view->name,
        )), 'warning');
    }
}