function views_fetch_plugin_names

Fetch a list of all base tables available

Parameters

$type: Either 'display', 'style' or 'row'

$key: For style plugins, this is an optional type to restrict to. May be 'normal', 'summary', 'feed' or others based on the needs of the display.

$base: An array of possible base tables.

Return value

A keyed array of in the form of 'base_table' => 'Description'.:

File

core/modules/views/views.module, line 1177

Primarily Backdrop hooks and global API functions to manipulate views.

Code

function views_fetch_plugin_names($type, $key = NULL, $base = array()) {
  $data = views_fetch_plugin_data();

  $plugins[$type] = array();

  foreach ($data[$type] as $id => $plugin) {
    // Skip plugins that don't conform to our key.
    if ($key && (empty($plugin['type']) || $plugin['type'] != $key)) {
      continue;
    }
    if (empty($plugin['no ui']) && (empty($base) || empty($plugin['base']) || array_intersect($base, $plugin['base']))) {
      $plugins[$type][$id] = $plugin['title'];
    }
  }

  if (!empty($plugins[$type])) {
    asort($plugins[$type]);
    return $plugins[$type];
  }
  // fall-through
  return array();
}