Insert a Views Block into a node in Drupal 7

Question

[Drupal 7]

I have a block I created in Views called "handy_tips-block_1".

Now I want to insert it into the body field of my node.

How do I do this?

I found a guide on here, which suggests to use the following code:

<?php
print $block = module_invoke('views', 'block_view', 'handy_tips-block_1');
print render($block['content']['#content']);
?>

However, all what is printed out are the words "Array". (I have enabled the PHP input filter for the body field).

Note: in the posted code, I have also tried substituting 'views' with various items such as "block". I have used 'handy_tips-block_1' as the ID, because that is what is displayed on the configuration link of the block administration page.

Answer 1

Output is "array" because indeed is an array, then I guess that you want to print your array to see what fields you can use:

print_r($block);
print_r($block['content']['#content']);
print_r(render($block['content']['#content']);

About display a View, you can use this line of code inside your template, to call a view:

echo views_embed_view('view-name', $display_id = 'display-name');

for example, inside my node.tl.php I want to insert a view called test view and I want to use his Block display with machine name block_test, then I can use:

echo views_embed_view('test_view', $display_id = 'block_test');

(Remember to use the machine name of your view and machine name of your display).

I hope this information will be useful.

Answer 2

My favorite way to embed views in template files is with the views_embed_view() function.

It's really easy to use:

<?php print views_embed_view('view-name', 'display-name','arguments'); ?>

• The 'display-name' argument corresponds to the type of display in your view, and the number of those types of there are multiple. So if in your view you created two blocks, you could call one or the other by using 'block-1' or 'block-2' in the 'display-name' argument.
• The third argument, 'arguments', is optional, and can be used to pass any contextual filter arguments your view depends on.

Answer 3

I recommend using either the Entity Views Attachment module, which allows you to insert a view into your module as if it's a field, or the Display Suite module which allows you to customize your node lay-out and insert all kinds of blocks into it.

Answer 4

I realise this is an old thread now, but I was looking for this too and found the BlockReference module. It allows you to associate a block with a node as a field.

It works a treat!