Documentation & API reference
Functions
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| Name | Location | Description | Direct uses |
Strings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| format_date |
drupal/ |
Formats a date, using a date type or a custom date format string. | 56 | |
| drupal_http_header_attributes |
drupal/ |
Formats an attribute string for an HTTP header. | 1 | |
| drupal_attributes |
drupal/ |
Converts an associative array to an XML/HTML tag attribute string. | 41 | |
| drupal_deliver_page |
drupal/ |
Delivers a page callback result to the browser in the appropriate format. | 4 | |
| drupal_page_footer |
drupal/ |
Performs end-of-request tasks. | 1 | |
| drupal_exit |
drupal/ |
Performs end-of-request tasks. | 22 | |
| drupal_map_assoc |
drupal/ |
Forms an associative array from a linear array. | 38 | |
| drupal_set_time_limit |
drupal/ |
Attempts to set the PHP maximum execution time. | 5 | |
| base_path |
drupal/ |
Returns the base URL path (i.e., directory) of the Drupal installation. | 24 | |
| drupal_add_html_head_link |
drupal/ |
Adds a LINK tag with a distinct 'rel' attribute to the page's HEAD. | 8 | |
| drupal_get_css |
drupal/ |
Returns a themed representation of all stylesheets to attach to the page. | 14 | |
| drupal_build_css_cache |
drupal/ |
Aggregates and optimizes CSS files into a cache file in the files directory. | 1 | |
| drupal_load_stylesheet |
drupal/ |
Loads the stylesheet and resolves all @import commands. | 4 | |
| drupal_load_stylesheet_content |
drupal/ |
Processes the contents of a stylesheet for aggregation. | 4 | |
| drupal_clean_css_identifier |
drupal/ |
Prepares a string for use as a CSS identifier (element, class, or ID name). | 2 | |
| drupal_html_class |
drupal/ |
Prepares a string for use as a valid class name. | 12 | |
| drupal_region_class |
drupal/ |
Provides a standard HTML class name that identifies a page region. | 2 | |
| drupal_js_defaults |
drupal/ |
Constructs an array of the defaults that are used for JavaScript items. | 3 | |
| drupal_get_js |
drupal/ |
Returns a themed presentation of all JavaScript code for the current page. | 18 | |
| drupal_process_attached |
drupal/ |
Adds attachments to a render() structure. | 3 | |
| drupal_process_states |
drupal/ |
Adds JavaScript to change the state of an element based on another element. | 1 | |
| drupal_add_tabledrag |
drupal/ |
Assists in adding the tableDrag JavaScript behavior to a themed table. | 16 | |
| drupal_build_js_cache |
drupal/ |
Aggregates JavaScript files into a cache file in the files directory. | 2 | |
| drupal_json_encode |
drupal/ |
Converts a PHP variable into its JavaScript equivalent. | 5 | |
| drupal_json_decode |
drupal/ |
Converts an HTML-safe JSON string into its PHP equivalent. | 9 | |
| drupal_get_private_key |
drupal/ |
Ensures the private key variable used to generate tokens is set. | 6 | |
| drupal_get_token |
drupal/ |
Generates a token based on $value, the user session, and the private key. | 14 | |
| drupal_valid_token |
drupal/ |
Validates a token based on $value, the user session, and the private key. | 16 | |
| _drupal_bootstrap_full |
drupal/ |
1 | ||
| drupal_page_set_cache |
drupal/ |
Stores the current page in the cache. | 1 | |
| drupal_cron_run |
drupal/ |
Executes a cron run when called. | 8 | |
| drupal_cron_cleanup |
drupal/ |
DEPRECATED: Shutdown function: Performs cron cleanup. | ||
| drupal_set_page_content |
drupal/ |
Sets the main page content value for later use. | 5 | |
| drupal_render_page |
drupal/ |
Renders the page, including all theming. | 2 | |
| drupal_render_children |
drupal/ |
Renders children of an element and concatenates them. | 31 | |
| hide |
drupal/ |
Hides an element from later rendering. | 7 | |
| show |
drupal/ |
Shows a hidden element for later rendering. | 1 | |
| drupal_render_cache_get |
drupal/ |
Gets the rendered output of a renderable element from the cache. | 2 | |
| drupal_render_cache_set |
drupal/ |
Caches the rendered output of a renderable element. | 1 | |
| drupal_render_collect_attached |
drupal/ |
Collects #attached for an element and its children into a single array. | 1 | |
| drupal_render_cache_by_query |
drupal/ |
Prepares an element for caching based on a query. | 1 | |
| drupal_render_cid_parts |
drupal/ |
Returns cache ID parts for building a cache ID. | 3 | |
| drupal_render_cid_create |
drupal/ |
Creates the cache ID for a renderable element. | 2 | |
| element_info |
drupal/ |
Retrieves the default properties for the defined element type. | 11 | |
| element_info_property |
drupal/ |
Retrieves a single property for the defined element type. | 1 | |
| element_properties |
drupal/ |
Gets properties of a structured array element (keys beginning with '#'). | 1 | |
| element_child |
drupal/ |
Checks if the key is a child. | 2 | |
| element_children |
drupal/ |
Identifies the children of an element array, optionally sorted by weight. | 68 | |
| element_get_visible_children |
drupal/ |
Returns the visible children of an element. | ||
| element_set_attributes |
drupal/ |
Sets HTML attributes based on element properties. | 12 |