I have a (Apache solr) view with a Global: Custom text field in addition to my normal fields. This field is meant to get value from a custom function/existing field/passing an existing field to a custom function and using return value in one of my modules per each result and I am trying to accomplish this functionality without using Views PHP module.

I referred this very similar query and tried the following approach which did not yield me the result:

hook_views_pre_render:

function mymod_views_pre_render(&$view) {   if ($view->name == 'mymodview' && $view->current_display == 'mymod_display') {     $result = &$view->result;     foreach ($result as $num_idx => $result_obj) {       $result[$num_idx]->nothing = $result_obj->an_already_available_field_or_fxn_call;     }   } } 

Also tried the same code with hook_views_post_execute to no avail. Using $view->field['nothing']->options['alter']['text'] = 'My custom text'; set the default text value to all fields which was not my desired result.

Based on the post linked earlier tried the following code in my theme’s template.php

template_preprocess_views_view_fields:

function mytheme_preprocess_views_view_fields(&$vars) {   $view = $vars['view'];   if ($view->name != 'mymodview' && $view->current_display != 'mymod_display') {     return;   }   foreach ($view->field as $id => $field) {     $vars['fields']['nothing']->content = 'Some global custom text content';   } } 

I am unable to determine what I am missing out on owing to my relative inexperience with views functionality and guidance on achieving this programatically would be much appreciated.