Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.6.x includes/theme.inc \theme_item_list()
  2. 4.7.x includes/theme.inc \theme_item_list()
  3. 6.x includes/theme.inc \theme_item_list()
  4. 7.x includes/theme.inc \theme_item_list()

Return a themed list of items.

Parameters

$items: An array of items to be displayed in the list. If an item is a string, then it is used as is. If an item is an array, then the "data" element of the array is used as the contents of the list item. If an item is an array with a "children" element, those children are displayed in a nested list. All other elements are treated as attributes of the list item element.

$title: The title of the list.

$type: The type of list to return (e.g. "ul", "ol")

$attributes: The attributes applied to the list element.

Return value

A string containing the list output.

Related topics

15 theme calls to theme_item_list()
aggregator_page_categories in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
Menu callback; displays all the categories used by the aggregator.
aggregator_page_sources in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
Menu callback; displays all the feeds used by the aggregator.
book_render in modules/book/book.module
Menu callback; prints a listing of all books.
help_page in modules/help/help.module
Menu callback; prints a page listing general help for all modules.
menu_overview_tree in modules/menu/menu.module
Present the menu tree, rendered along with links to edit menu items.

... See full list

File

includes/theme.inc, line 937
The theme system, which controls the output of Drupal.

Code

function theme_item_list($items = array(), $title = NULL, $type = 'ul', $attributes = NULL) {
  $output = '<div class="item-list">';
  if (isset($title)) {
    $output .= '<h3>' . $title . '</h3>';
  }
  if (!empty($items)) {
    $output .= "<{$type}" . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '>';
    foreach ($items as $item) {
      $attributes = array();
      $children = array();
      if (is_array($item)) {
        foreach ($item as $key => $value) {
          if ($key == 'data') {
            $data = $value;
          }
          elseif ($key == 'children') {
            $children = $value;
          }
          else {
            $attributes[$key] = $value;
          }
        }
      }
      else {
        $data = $item;
      }
      if (count($children) > 0) {
        $data .= theme_item_list($children, NULL, $type, $attributes);

        // Render nested list
      }
      $output .= '<li' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '>' . $data . '</li>';
    }
    $output .= "</{$type}>";
  }
  $output .= '</div>';
  return $output;
}