menu_tree

Renders a menu tree based on the current path.

The tree is expanded based on the current path and dynamic paths are also changed according to the defined to_arg functions (for example the 'My account' link is changed from user/% to a link with the current user's uid).

Parameters

$menu_name: The name of the menu.

Return value

A structured array representing the specified menu on the current page, to be rendered by drupal_render().

Related topics

Menu system

Define the navigation menus, and route page requests to code based on URLs.

3 calls to menu_tree()

2 string references to 'menu_tree'

File

core/includes/menu.inc, line 983

API for the Drupal menu system.

Code

function menu_tree($menu_name) {
  $menu_output = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());

  if (!isset($menu_output[$menu_name])) {
    $tree = menu_tree_page_data($menu_name);
    $menu_output[$menu_name] = menu_tree_output($tree);
  }
  return $menu_output[$menu_name];
}