Loads a block object from the database.
$module: Name of the module that implements the block to load.
$delta: Unique ID of the block within the context of $module. Pass NULL to return an empty block object for $module.
A block object.
function block_load($module, $delta) {
if (isset($delta)) {
$block = db_query('SELECT * FROM {block} WHERE module = :module AND delta = :delta', array(
':module' => $module,
':delta' => $delta,
))
->fetchObject();
}
// If the block does not exist in the database yet return a stub block
// object.
if (empty($block)) {
$block = new stdClass();
$block->module = $module;
$block->delta = $delta;
}
return $block;
}