Using custom PHP code

Custom PHP code may be embedded in some types of site content, including posts and blocks. While embedding PHP code inside a post or block is a powerful and flexible feature when used by a trusted user with PHP experience, it is a significant and dangerous security risk when used improperly. Even a small mistake when posting PHP code may accidentally compromise your site.

If you are unfamiliar with PHP, SQL, or Drupal, avoid using custom PHP code within posts. Experimenting with PHP may corrupt your database, render your site inoperable, or significantly compromise security.

Notes:

• Remember to double-check each line for syntax and logic errors before saving.
• Statements must be correctly terminated with semicolons.
• Global variables used within your PHP code retain their values after your script executes.
• register_globals is turned off. If you need to use forms, understand and use the functions in the Drupal Form API.
• Use a print or return statement in your code to output content.
• Develop and test your PHP code using a separate test script and sample database before deploying on a production site.
• Consider including your custom PHP code within a site-specific module or template.php file rather than embedding it directly into a post or block.
• Be aware that the ability to embed PHP code within content is provided by the PHP Filter module. If this module is disabled or deleted, then blocks and posts with embedded PHP may display, rather than execute, the PHP code.

A basic example: Creating a "Welcome" block that greets visitors with a simple message.

• Add a custom block to your site, named "Welcome". With its input format set to "PHP code" (or another format supporting PHP input), add the following in the Block body:

  print t('Welcome visitor! Thank you for visiting.');
  

• To display the name of a registered user, use this instead:

  global $user;
  if ($user->uid) {
    print t('Welcome @name! Thank you for visiting.', array('@name' => $user->name));
  }
  else {
    print t('Welcome visitor! Thank you for visiting.');
  }
  

Drupal.org offers some example PHP snippets, or you can create your own with some PHP experience and knowledge of the Drupal system.

To add a lightbox to your images, add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. For example:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox">image #1</a>

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][my caption]">image #1</a>

To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second set of square brackets of the rel attribute.

If you have a set of related images that you would like to group, then you will need to include a group name between square brackets in the rel attribute. For example:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]">image #1</a>
<a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 2]">image #2</a>
<a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>


There are no limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each set.

If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightbox[][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]' >image #1</a>

It's possible to show HTML snippets in the lightbox, that is on the same domain. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightmodal". Again it's possible to group the content, (e.g. lightmodal[group][caption]) but in addition to that, it's possible to control some of the modal properties. It's possible to set the "width", "height" and "scrolling" properties of the modal. The properties are separated from the group name by a |, for example lightmodal[group|width:100px;][caption]. If no grouping is being used, then the | is still used and the format would be lightmodal[|width:100px;]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no modal properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal">Search</a>

Grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search][caption 1]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search]">Search published</a>

Controlling modal property example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][caption]">Search</a>

Controlling modal property when grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search published</a>