Can we alter a form using view data?

Question

I is possible to:

1. Hook on views_pre_view (which is executed before form_alter)
2. Query view data (execute the view query filtering according to URL parameters) and collect some data
3. Hook on form_alter
4. Replace some selects using data collected on item 2?

I'm asking because if I $view->execute() inside views_pre_view (to filter and use view data) it will internally call form_alter and generate the form before I'm able to collect the data to pre-populate my selects. And I'm not sure if it's possible to re-generate a form that was already generated.

I also tried views_pre_execute but this one is always executed after form_alter.

Cheers!

Answer 1

The only way I found for now was to, inside views_pre_view, deep clone the $view object using $view = unserialize(serialize($_view)), so when Drupal passes again on form_alter the form would be untouched and I can just recreate some selects.