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Drupal : Show exposed filters form in a custom block
<?php
/**
* implements hook_block_info()
**/
function test_block_info(){
$blocks = array();
$blocks['custom_exposed_filter_form'] = array(
'info' => t('Exposed filter form'),
'cache' => DRUPAL_NO_CACHE,
);
return $blocks;
}
/**
* implements hook_block_view()
**/
function test_block_view($delta = ''){
$block = array();
switch($delta){
case 'custom_exposed_filter_form':
$block['subject'] = t('Exposed filter form');
$block['content'] = _test_get_exposed_filter_form();
break;
}
return $block;
}
/**
* Function to get the Exposed filter form
**/
function _test_get_exposed_filter_form(){
// Get a view from the database or from default views . "test" is the view name.
$view = views_get_view('test');
// Set the display as current.
$view->set_display('page');
// Acquire and attach all of the handlers to the view.
$view->init_handlers();
$exposed_form = $view->display_handler->get_plugin('exposed_form');
return $exposed_form->render_exposed_form();
}
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