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).

$name: The name of the item to load.

Return value

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

15 calls to drupal_load()

authorize.php in drupal-7.x/authorize.php: Administrative script for running authorized file operations.
bootstrap_invoke_all in drupal-7.x/includes/bootstrap.inc: Invokes a bootstrap hook in all bootstrap modules that implement it.
field_sql_storage_schema in drupal-7.x/modules/field/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.install: Implements hook_schema().
forum_uninstall in drupal-7.x/modules/forum/forum.install: Implements hook_uninstall().
hook_boot in drupal-7.x/modules/system/system.api.php: Perform setup tasks for all page requests.

... See full list

File

drupal-7.x/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 1093: Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function drupal_load($type, $name) {
  // Once a file is included this can't be reversed during a request so do not
  // use drupal_static() here.
  static $files = array();

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

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

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

    return TRUE;
  }

  return FALSE;
}