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<?php

/**

 * @file

 * Definition of views_handler_field_custom.

 */

/**

 * A handler to provide a field that is completely custom by the administrator.

 *

 * @ingroup views_field_handlers

 */

class views_handler_field_custom extends views_handler_field {

  function query() {

    // do nothing -- to override the parent query.

  }

  function option_definition() {

    $options = parent::option_definition();

    // Override the alter text option to always alter the text.

    $options['alter']['contains']['alter_text'] = array('default' => TRUE, 'bool' => TRUE);

    $options['hide_alter_empty'] = array('default' => FALSE, 'bool' => TRUE);

    return $options;

  }

  function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) {

    parent::options_form($form, $form_state);

    // Remove the checkbox

    unset($form['alter']['alter_text']);

    unset($form['alter']['text']['#dependency']);

    unset($form['alter']['text']['#process']);

    unset($form['alter']['help']['#dependency']);

    unset($form['alter']['help']['#process']);

    $form['#pre_render'][] = 'views_handler_field_custom_pre_render_move_text';

  }

  function render($values) {

    // Return the text, so the code never thinks the value is empty.

    return $this->options['alter']['text'];

  }

}

/**

 * Prerender function to move the textarea to the top.

 */

function views_handler_field_custom_pre_render_move_text($form) {

  $form['text'] = $form['alter']['text'];

  $form['help'] = $form['alter']['help'];

  unset($form['alter']['text']);

  unset($form['alter']['help']);

  return $form;

}