How to override node content in Drupal 7

Question

So I see in the archives how to override a node's $title (How do I overwrite node title for specific content type?), but how would I override the node's content in Drupal 7? I see that Drupal 7 no longer uses $vars['content'], which was really handy in Drupal 6

Answer 1

In Drupal 7 the content is in $content.

See node.tpl.php

<?php print render($content); ?>

The $content definition:

An array of node items. Use render($content) to print them all, or print a subset such as render($content['field_example']). Use hide($content['field_example']) to temporarily suppress the printing of a given element.