drupal_load

Versions
4.6 – 7: 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.

▸ 9 functions call drupal_load()

▾ 9 functions call drupal_load()

bootstrap_invoke_all in includes/bootstrap.inc: Call all init or exit hooks without including all modules.
comment_update_6002 in modules/comment/comment.install: Changed comment settings from global to per-node -- copy global settings to all node types.
drupal_uninstall_module in includes/install.inc: Calls the uninstall function and updates the system table for a given module.
forum_uninstall in modules/forum/forum.install: Implementation of hook_uninstall().
hook_boot in developer/hooks/core.php: Perform setup tasks. See also, hook_init.
install_main in ./install.php: The Drupal installation happens in a series of steps. We begin by verifying that the current environment meets our minimum requirements. We then go on to verify that settings.php is properly configured. From there we connect to the configured database...
module_enable in includes/module.inc: Enable a given list of modules.
module_load_all in includes/module.inc: Load all the modules that have been enabled in the system table.
_drupal_maintenance_theme in includes/theme.maintenance.inc: Sets up the theming system for site installs, updates and when the site is in off-line mode. It also applies when the database is unavailable.

Code

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 606

<?php
function drupal_load($type, $name) {
  static $files = array();

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

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

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

    return TRUE;
  }

  return FALSE;
}
?>