How do I limit the number of Views results on specific pages?

Question

I have a Views-generated block which lists news. I would like the number of items to depend on the page it is displayed on - for instance: on the front page there's a place for 3, on another one - even 10. Is there a way to do that via a View tpl or template.php code?

I would rather not have an almost-identical copy of the View just for a different purpose.

Answer 1

This works for me:

function MYMODULE_views_pre_build(&$view) {
  if ($view->name == 'view_name') {
    $view->items_per_page = 5;
  }
}

Answer 2

I can think of two ways.

The best one, requires Page manager and Panels. Using those is to large a discussion to fit in here, but when a View is rendered with those tools, you can override the actual pager on a case by case basis. Page manager gives you a large set of conditions to manage when and where this happens.

The second solution uses a custom module:

function hook_views_pre_build(&$view) {
  if ($view->name == 'view_name' && $is_front) {
    $view->items_per_page = 5;
  }
}

Answer 3

In your views tpl check for page arguments or $is_front And apply limit vars to foreach or whatever loop you're using.

see Using Views templates

Answer 4

Well, hook_views_pre_build should be the hook to be using if you want to alter paging, etc.. maybe you could try to post some code you've tried ?

if i recall correctly, you can set the items per page like this:

MYMODULE_views_pre_build(&$view){
$view->pager["items_per_page"] = 0;
}

use your own logic to alter the items per page as you wish.