How to Vote in Drupal's Voting API Interface

The Voting API module lets you integrate a voting feature into your Drupal site that allows users to vote whether or not they like content. The Voting API module does not come with a complete voting system. Instead, it provides a framework for other modules that integrate the voting system with Drupal. You can download complete voting modules, but if you want to code your own voting system, use the "votingapi_set_votes" command to allow users to vote on your site's content.

Instructions

1. Open the PHP file for the module you are trying to code using Voting API. You can open the file in Notepad or in a file-management system provided by your Web host.

2. Locate the place in your script where you want users to vote, and type the following:

   <?php
   function votingapi_set_votes(&$votes, $criteria = NULL) {
   $touched = array();
   if (!empty($votes['content to vote on'])) {
   $votes = array($votes);
   }

   Replace "content to vote on" with the Content ID for the content on which you want users to vote.

3. Save and close the PHP file.

Tips & Warnings

• Find several modules that use the Voting API module by searching the Drupal module database for "vote."

References

• Drupal: Voting API
• DupalContrib: voting_set_votes