Make all title fields print single and double quotes instead of '
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<p>This is a hack, but I can't seem to get titles fields only to print in plaintext (so that quotes show up as quotes instead of code). Here are the modules that I applied and tested in hopes that it would fix this problem:</p>
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<li><span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link drupalorg-gitlab-link-wrapper"><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1915492" class="drupalorg-gitlab-link">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1915492</a></span> This patch successfully made it work when plaintext was enabled. Unfortunately the setting is display-wide, making all fields plaintext.</li>
<li><span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link drupalorg-gitlab-link-wrapper"><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1915446" class="drupalorg-gitlab-link">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1915446</a></span> This patch successfully made it possible to save changes in the selectbox for decoding characters like this. Previously, it wouldn't save those changes. I had hoped this might make something click. This patch fixed this problem but didn't help me.</li>
<li><span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link drupalorg-gitlab-link-wrapper"><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1480884" class="drupalorg-gitlab-link">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/views_datasource/-/work_items/1480884</a></span> This patch is supposed to make views_datasources respect field tpl.php files, but it didn't seem to work for me.</li>
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<p>Since there's no obvious solution, I hacked this module to decode when the field id is title. Not pretty, I know. But it works, and maybe this is something that can help other people in my position. Obviously I don't expect this to be accepted by the maintainer, but perhaps someone will wander across this issue and figure out a less hacky solution. :-)</p>
<p>views_datasource/views/theme/views_views_json_style.theme.inc: Line 50:</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*<br> * HACKING THIS MODULE TO MAKE TITLE PLAIN TEXT<br> */<br> </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">id </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"title"</span><span style="color: #007700">){<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">content </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">htmlspecialchars_decode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ENT_QUOTES</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br> }<br> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* END HACKING THIS MODULE */<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>My hack is relative to json, but I imagine this could apply to others if you hack those files as well.</p>
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