drupal_get_path

5 common.inc	`drupal_get_path($type, $name)`
6 common.inc	`drupal_get_path($type, $name)`
7 common.inc	`drupal_get_path($type, $name)`
8 common.inc	`drupal_get_path($type, $name)`

Returns the path to a system item (module, theme, etc.).

Parameters

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

$name: The name of the item for which the path is requested.

Return value

The path to the requested item.

169 calls to drupal_get_path()

1 string reference to 'drupal_get_path'

File

includes/common.inc, line 2712: Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function drupal_get_path($type, $name) {
  return dirname(drupal_get_filename($type, $name));
}

Comments

More information

Posted by mlncn on January 24, 2011 at 1:28pm

It returns the path without slashes in front or after.
That's the type *first*, then the project name
drupal_get_path('module', 'name_of_module');
I reverse that enough (and then get confused as to why it isn't working) that i felt it worth documenting here, so the 'doh!' moment of realization comes sooner...
The valid types are as listed:
- module
- theme
- profile
- theme_engine
I can't think of any others and i can't even think of a reason to use the last one.

link to types

Posted by jlporter on January 21, 2011 at 6:01pm

link to all valid types or at least listing them would be nice.

Libraries?

Posted by jromero1214 on February 21, 2011 at 8:53am

Is there any way to properly get the path to a library?

Example:

<?php
drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('library', 'modernizr') . '/js/modernizr-1.6.min.js',
                            array('group' => JS_THEME, 'every_page' => TRUE));
?>

libraries module

Posted by techkey on April 1, 2011 at 11:58am

Yes, there is a way. The function is in the libraries module.
Example:

<?php
drupal_add_js(libraries_get_path('modernizr') . '/js/modernizr-1.6.min.js', array('group' => JS_THEME, 'every_page' => TRUE));
?>

Can you explain?

Posted by blw0010 on January 9, 2012 at 3:23pm

What does this parameter of the drupal_add_js function do?
array('group' => JS_THEME, 'every_page' => TRUE)

Simple

Posted by BAM5 on January 12, 2012 at 8:18pm

Documentation is located here.
http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--common.inc/function/drupal_ad...

Basically, the group is a weight level, with the javascript entries having their own weight below that particular group, and every_page denotes whether or not the js should be added to every page.