In the second chapter, we developed a module with the .info
and .module
files. These files are common to all modules, and we will begin this module by creating .info
and .module
files.
Our module will be named philquotes
, and (as would be expected) will be located in drupal/sites/all/modules/philquotes
.
Inside that directory, we will first create a standard module .info
file: philquotes.info.
; $Id$ name = "Philosophy Quotes" description = "Dynamic display of philosophy quotes." core = 6.x php = 5.1
There should be nothing unfamiliar about the above code. It follows the same format as the module we created in Chapter 2.
Next, we will start our new philquotes.module
file:
<?php // $Id$ /** * @file * Module for dynamic display of pithy philosophy quotes. */ /** * Implementation of hook_help() */ function philquotes_help($path, $arg) { if ($path == 'admin/help#philquotes') { $txt = 'This module displays philosophical quotes in blocks. '. 'It assumes the...