Argument Picker API 6.x-1.x-de

Argument Picker is a simple API to access and elaborate arguments in a flexible way.Basically it allows, given URL arguments like:example.com/myview/make:Volkswagen/model:Polo/year:2008/to retrieve one of those arguments through a function:arg_picker_get_selector_argument("make")which - in the specific example - would return "Volkswagen".This module essentially adds the possibility to assign labels to arguments, through this syntax:www.example.com/your_view/LABEL1:ARG1/LABEL2:ARG2/LABEL3:ARG3and then allows you to retrieve any argument using the label as a reference.Some of the helper functions are dedicated to specific modules (i.e. Views), enhancing the accessibility of arguments:www.example.com/your_view/something/bar:1/foo:4/other/parametersAssuming "your_view" has a "foo" argument, using argument_picker, you could easily setup this argument's default value with:which would return "4" (for the example above) or "all" (when the argument is not present).Basically it's just an alternative to an url querystring with Drupal-specific add-on features, which comes extremely useful when implementing progressive filters (like a faceted search) through views but it also comes very handy for retrieving arguments in dynamic PHP blocks, panel panes, custom modules or wherever you want.Not to mention that a normal querystring is still usable:www.example.com/node/add/page/author:Aldus/?query1=...&query2=...leaving every other querystring-related features intact.

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Platforms:	PHP
Keyword:	Argument,  Arguments,  Extremely,  Faceted,  Features,  Filters,  Implementing,  Modules,  Progressive,  Querystring,  Retrieve,  Return,  Specific
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