function drupal_load

7.x bootstrap.inc drupal_load($type, $name)
6.x bootstrap.inc drupal_load($type, $name)

Includes a file with the provided type and name. This prevents including a theme, engine, module, etc., more than once.

Parameters

$type: The type of item to load (i.e. theme, theme_engine, module, profile).

$name: The name of the item to load.

Return value

TRUE if the item is loaded or has already been loaded.

11 calls to drupal_load()
bootstrap_invoke_all in drupal-6.x/includes/bootstrap.inc
Call all init or exit hooks without including all modules.
comment_update_6002 in drupal-6.x/modules/comment/comment.install
Changed comment settings from global to per-node -- copy global settings to all node types.
drupal_uninstall_module in drupal-6.x/includes/install.inc
Calls the uninstall function and updates the system table for a given module.
forum_uninstall in drupal-6.x/modules/forum/forum.install
Implementation of hook_uninstall().
hook_boot in documentation-6.x/developer/hooks/core.php
Perform setup tasks. See also, hook_init.

... See full list

File

drupal-6.x/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 700
Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function drupal_load($type, $name) {
  static $files = array();

  if (isset($files[$type][$name])) {
    return TRUE;
  }

  $filename = drupal_get_filename($type, $name);

  if ($filename) {
    include_once "./$filename";
    $files[$type][$name] = TRUE;

    return TRUE;
  }

  return FALSE;
}