Drupal 6: Make a menu_hook() return a specific view

I created a hook in order to add an item to the administrator's m开发者_运维百科enu. When the user clicks on the item, I want to return the content of a specific view I created. How should I return the view?

My current code looks like:

function my_view_menu(){
   $items['view'] = array(
    'title' => 'Report', 
    'page callback' => 'return_my_view', 
    'access arguments' => array('access content'), 
    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
  );    
   return $items;
}

function return_my_view(){
  return t("Hello!");
} 

EDIT:

As suggested by Berdir, this the correct way to call a view:

function return_my_view(){
  $viewName = 'my_report'; // use the machine readable name of the view
  return views_embed_view($viewName);
} 

You could just add a menu item in the view itself...and restrict access (to the view) to the admin role of choice :)

1. In your view choose "page" and click on the "Add Display" button (if there isn't already a page display).
2. Under "Page Settings" add a Path and a Normal Menu-Entry in the Navigation Menu
3. Next Under Basic Settings change the access to Role based and choose the role(s) that should have access
4. Finally go to the navigation menu settings and drag the new menu item to the desired place in the Administer menu

You want views_embed_view(), see http://web.archive.org/web/20110213234806/http://thedrupalblog.com/embedding-view-drupal-6-using-views-embed-view

views_embed_view() is the correct call. If you are getting a blank page, try checking your apache error log to see if there are any php errors. I also notice that in your revised example you used $viewName = "my-report", but views_embed_view() expects the machine readable name of the view, which only allows for alphanumeric and underscore characters. Perhaps you are using the incorrect name?

Third technique: Once you have created a Page Display for a View, Views will provision that page with a menu entry. Once that exists, it is possible to duplicate that menu entry for your own purposes.

1. Create a module with a weight of at least 11 (higher weight than Views)

2. Implement hook_menu_alter() and duplicate the View entry.

   function example_menu_alter(&$items) {
     $items['admin/new/path'] = $items['original/view/path'];
   }
   

This approach is somewhat convoluted, but is sometimes a useful alternative for Views or other "page" content you want to clone.

In addition to berdir's comment, you can also skip the intermediate callback function and just call views_embed_view directly from your menu router:

function hook_menu(){
   $items['path/to/my/view'] = array(
    'title' => 'Report', 
    'page callback' => 'views_embed_view',
    'page arguments' => array('my-view-name'),
    'access arguments' => array('access content'), 
    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
  );    
  return $items;
}