How to Display the Contents of a Node's Field as an Array in Drupal 6

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:32:05 +0000

When you’re working with Drupal 6, it’s sometimes necessary to inspect the data stored in a node’s field. This is especially useful for debugging or when you’re trying to understand the structure of the content better. One quick way to achieve this is by dumping the field contents as an array. In PHP, the var_export() function comes in handy for this purpose.

Here’s how to do it:

var_export(content_fields('field_name_of_the_field', 'name_of_the_content_type'));

In this snippet, replace 'field_name_of_the_field' with the actual name of the field you’re interested in and 'name_of_the_content_type' with the specific content type containing that field.

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How to Display the Contents of a Node's Field as an Array in Drupal 6