Returns an array of modules required by core.

File

drupal-7.x/includes/module.inc, line 915

API for loading and interacting with Drupal modules.

Code

function drupal_required_modules() {
  $files = drupal_system_listing('/^' . DRUPAL_PHP_FUNCTION_PATTERN . '\.info$/', 'modules', 'name', 0);
  $required = array();

  // An installation profile is required and one must always be loaded.
  $required[] = drupal_get_profile();

  foreach ($files as $name => $file) {
    $info = drupal_parse_info_file($file->uri);
    if (!empty($info) && !empty($info['required']) && $info['required']) {
      $required[] = $name;
    }
  }

  return $required;
}