views_embed_view does not show the view's title. Here's how you can get the title from the view object:

<?php
$viewName = 'MYVIEW';
$viewHtml = views_embed_view($viewName);
if ($viewHtml)
{
    // load view object
    $view = views_get_view($viewName);
        
    $title = $view->display['default']->display_options['title'];

    $page_contents .= "<h2>$title</h2>";
    $page_contents .= $viewHtml;    
}
?>

Thanks! This was exactly what I was needing.

<?php
$viewName = 'MYVIEWNAME';
$display_id = 'block';
$myNodes = array(1, 2, 3);
print views_embed_view($viewName, $display_id, $myNodes);
?>

This snippet works, but it doesn't preserve the table formatting of the block view. How can I accomplish that?

I got this post after so much digging. I know this is what I need to do.

I have set up a content type to add client logos. In a particular node's particular area, I want to print the latest 3 logos. I am able to create a view as well as print the output of "views_embed_view" like you have mentioned. But, now I want to apply CSS styles to each of the result elements. I tried the 'Title' method that you have explained. But for me the images are still getting out put together. Is there a way I can use a foreach or something? How can I get to know each of the output array elements?

Hey Eric, just wondering what your thoughts were on this one. I recently needed to add a view with dynamic parameters, based on nodereferences from another content type. For example, say I had an organization content type and a news content type that used noderef to tag the organization who's news it was. Nothing is really needed to display the organization on the news content type since noderef handles that, but what about displaying all the news items for that organization on the organization's page? I futzed a bit with using your embedded views example but in the end I took a different approach. I set up a block view, since I had a view of all news items already. Then I just added a "Content" filter of "is one of" (my noderef content type). Then I added the following to my template.php

<?php
function MYTHEME_preprocess_node(&$variables) {

    if ($variables['type'] == 'MY_ORGANIZATION'){
    _MYTHEME_preprocess_node_MY_ORGANIZATION(&$variables);
    }
}

function _MYTHEME_preprocess_node_MY_ORGANIZATION(&$variables){

    //grab the current nid
    $nid = $variables['nid'];
    //load the view
    $view = views_get_view('MY_NEWS_VIEW');
    //set the display. could have used 'default'
    $display_id = 'block_1';
    $view->set_display($display_id);
    //get the current setting of the filter
    $item = $view->get_item($display_id, 'filter', 'field_MY_ORGANIZATION_nid');
    //delete anything in the variable
    $item['value'] = NULL;
    //set the new variable by the current node id
    $item['value'][$nid] = $nid;
    $view->set_item($display_id, 'filter', 'field_MY_ORGANIZATION_nid', $item);
    $view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
    //render the new view
    $news = $view->render();

    //print it inside our formatted html and pass it to 'content'
    if($view->result){
    $variables['content'] .= '<div class="field-label-custom"><h2>News & Publications</h2></div>' . $news ;
    }
}

?>

Just wondering what your thoughts are on this approach. Is it bad form to put this in a template file? Is rendering a block view here a bad idea since it's not actually in a block? And... is my code lousy in general? As you know, I haven't really be coding very long : )

Hello Eric! Do you know how to get data from Views 2 ?

I use $view = views_get_view('view_name');
Then print_r($view);
+ I wrote it in page.tpl.php
But there is no data here! Only something like that http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbye/511817875/sizes/o/


I want to get something like that http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views/api#comment-247361

Can I get this (array below) using the "views_get_view" function ?

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [field1] => foo
            [field2] => foo
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [field1] => foo
            [field2] => foo
        )

)

Thanx a lot! Is it possible to pass arguments as well? I have 1 main view - 1 page, filtering using arguments for taxonomy term location (usa, japan, brazil etc..), and want to embed another view using the same arguments.. so both of the views will be filtered using the same argument in URL, thanx a lot again, saved a lot of time..

hi, im new to drupal, and your site is a great resource for me! thanks :)

i have noted(if im correct) that when views_embed_view returns all the content from the view, my quest is how can i manage the different variables to display it as i want(and not all the content at once), or i have to call another function?

Hey i found this article and i thing this is just what i need but don't really know how to implement this.

I have two views Products_overview and Product_news

the products_overview view is the default view used which displays a list of products. after a product has been selected all content types related to that product are being displayed using arguments. the product type Product news is also there but what i would want is to display by Product news View under the list of content types related to the product so the product news related to the selected product will be displayed. I think this can be done with the view embed function.

any help would be awesome

How do i changed the default setting of "Items to Display" before embedding the view?

this is my current code:

<?php
print views_embed_view($my_view_name);
?>

It saved me a lot of work. (PS: This site is one of the best sources of good information on drupal configuration anywhere on the web.) Regards.

This article proved get time-saviour when i was in very urgent need for such helper function.Thanks for writing it so consice.

Thx, eric,

not the first time i am visiting your homepage as i was redirected by that search engine. your article hit it in the black.

the info helped to solve an issue I had.

tkx man
Wils

Hi

Thanks for your helpful blog!
How can I embed a view with a filter applied?

I tried this code:

	$view = views_get_view('Treffpunkt');
	$display_id = 'default';
	$view->set_display($display_id);
	$filter = $view->get_item($display_id, 'filter', 'field_eventdate');
	$filter['value'] = '2011-01-01';
	$view->set_item($display_id, 'filter', 'field_eventdate', $filter);
	$view->set_items_per_page(3);
	$view->render();
	print_r($view->result);

But I get this output:

Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [nid] => 1396 ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [nid] => 1762 ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [nid] => 119 ) ) 

Any clue what I am missing?

I have view with the following composition:
1. default
2. page

What I need is to pass the output of default as default argument of page. How would be possible by php and hence need some direction or hints. Uptill now I have been to come up with the following code which is partially solving my problem:

<?php
$view = 'sectname';
$view = views_get_view($view);
$view->execute();
$arg = $view->render_field('field_sectcode_value', 0);
return $arg;
?>

This gives my the required argument string from the default but the page does not run may be due to the execute command. Please confirm what would be workaround so that I can execute the main view and not the view that is being use to generate the default arguments.

When you use this method, does it apply content filters (the ones from /admin/settings/filters, not the view filters) to the teaser field for you? It seems to ignore the filters for me, while in Views preview it works fine.

Great advise, many thanks for help will try with views 3