function hook_block_view_alter

Perform alterations to the content of a block.

This hook allows you to modify any data returned by hook_block_view().

Note that instead of hook_block_view_alter(), which is called for all blocks, you can also use hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter() to alter a specific block.

Parameters

$data: The data as returned from the hook_block_view() implementation of the module that defined the block. This could be an empty array or NULL value (if the block is empty) or an array containing:

• subject: The default localized title of the block.
• content: Either a string or a renderable array representing the content of the block. You should check that the content is an array before trying to modify parts of the renderable structure.

$block: The block object, as loaded from the database, having the main properties:

• module: The name of the module that defined the block.
• delta: The unique identifier for the block within that module, as defined in hook_block_info().

See also

hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter()

hook_block_view()

Related topics

File

drupal/modules/block/block.api.php, line 274

Hooks provided by the Block module.

Code

function hook_block_view_alter(&$data, $block) {

  // Remove the contextual links on all blocks that provide them.
  if (is_array($data['content']) && isset($data['content']['#contextual_links'])) {
    unset($data['content']['#contextual_links']);
  }

  // Add a theme wrapper function defined by the current module to all blocks
  // provided by the "somemodule" module.
  if (is_array($data['content']) && $block->module == 'somemodule') {
    $data['content']['#theme_wrappers'][] = 'mymodule_special_block';
  }
}