Documentation & API reference
Functions
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| Name | Location | Description |
Direct uses |
Strings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| file_load |
drupal/ |
Loads a single file entity from the database. | 54 | |
| module_enable Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Enables or installs a given list of modules. | 57 | |
| variable_set |
drupal/ |
Sets a persistent variable. | 57 | |
| entity_load_multiple_by_properties |
drupal/ |
Load entities by their property values. | 59 | |
| module_implements Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Determines which modules are implementing a hook. | 60 | 5 |
| drupal_map_assoc |
drupal/ |
Forms an associative array from a linear array. | 63 | |
| format_plural |
drupal/ |
Formats a string containing a count of items. | 68 | |
| format_date |
drupal/ |
Formats a date, using a date type or a custom date format string. | 68 | |
| db_query |
drupal/ |
Executes an arbitrary query string against the active database. | 70 | 3 |
| entity_load_multiple |
drupal/ |
Loads multiple entities from the database. | 71 | |
| entity_get_info Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Gets the entity definition for an entity type. | 73 | |
| drupal_alter Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Passes alterable variables to specific hook_TYPE_alter() implementations. | 73 | 1 |
| drupal_set_title |
drupal/ |
Sets the title of the current page. | 76 | |
| node_load |
drupal/ |
Loads a node entity from the database. | 76 | |
| element_children |
drupal/ |
Identifies the children of an element array, optionally sorted by weight. | 81 | |
| drupal_strtolower |
drupal/ |
Lowercase a UTF-8 string. | 83 | |
| module_invoke_all Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Invokes a hook in all enabled modules that implement it. | 86 | |
| field_info_field |
drupal/ |
Returns data about an individual field, given a field name. | 86 | |
| language_list |
drupal/ |
Returns a list of languages set up on the site. | 87 | 22 |
| form_set_error |
drupal/ |
Files an error against a form element. | 88 | 1 |
| module_exists Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Determines whether a given module exists. | 92 | |
| db_select |
drupal/ |
Returns a new SelectQuery object for the active database. | 98 | |
| drupal_static_reset |
drupal/ |
Resets one or all centrally stored static variable(s). | 106 | |
| variable_get |
drupal/ |
Returns a persistent variable. | 112 | 1 |
| watchdog |
drupal/ |
Logs a system message. | 115 | 4 |
| field_create_field Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Creates a field. | 121 | |
| field_create_instance Deprecated |
drupal/ |
Creates an instance of a field, binding it to a bundle. | 122 | |
| l |
drupal/ |
Formats an internal or external URL link as an HTML anchor tag. | 141 | 34 |
| config |
drupal/ |
Retrieves a configuration object. | 153 | 8 |
| theme |
drupal/ |
Generates themed output. | 154 | 75 |
| drupal_static |
drupal/ |
Provides central static variable storage. | 159 | |
| entity_load |
drupal/ |
Loads an entity from the database. | 173 | |
| drupal_render |
drupal/ |
Renders HTML given a structured array tree. | 177 | 1 |
| user_access |
drupal/ |
Determine whether the user has a given privilege. | 188 | 11 |
| views_get_view |
drupal/ |
Loads a view from configuration. | 204 | 2 |
| drupal_get_path |
drupal/ |
Returns the path to a system item (module, theme, etc.). | 214 | 1 |
| check_plain |
drupal/ |
Encodes special characters in a plain-text string for display as HTML. | 255 | 14 |
| entity_create |
drupal/ |
Constructs a new entity object, without permanently saving it. | 264 | |
| drupal_set_message |
drupal/ |
Sets a message to display to the user. | 270 | |
| url |
drupal/ |
Generates an internal or external URL. | 315 | 26 |
| format_string |
drupal/ |
Formats a string for HTML display by replacing variable placeholders. | 331 | |
| t |
drupal/ |
Translates a string to the current language or to a given language. | 2,614 | 59 |