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.

▸ 5 functions call drupal_load()

▾ 5 functions call drupal_load()

bootstrap_invoke_all in includes/bootstrap.inc: Call all init or exit hooks without including all modules.
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.
system_theme_data in modules/system/system.module: Collect data about all currently available themes

Code

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 539

<?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;
}
?>