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In migrate, defining a text format for a mapped field is fairly straightforward. $this->addFieldMapping(‘field_about_us:format’) ->defaultValue(‘full_html’); What we’re doing in the example above is mapping the default value “full_html” to the “format” subfield of the “field_about_us” field. This essentially sets the text format to full_html for data migrated into our content type. More field-mapping specific information… Continue reading Define Text Format in Drupal Migrate Field Mappings

There are two great ways I’ve found to quickly access an entity’s field values in a Drupal-friendly way. Both of these approaches assume that you already have your entity loaded into a variable available to you. This week, I’ll be focusing on Entity metadata wrappers. Entity metadata wrappers Entity metadata wrappers are another great way… Continue reading Accessing Field Values in Drupal 7

When contributing to an open source project as large as Drupal, it’s important to comply with the community’s coding standards for a variety of reasons: It helps maintain consistency in the code base. It reduces the time for submitted patches to get tested and accepted. It makes the code easier to debug and maintain. It… Continue reading Using the PHP-Drupal Textmate Bundle to Automatically Apply Coding Standards