Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 10 core/core.api.php \hooks
  2. 4.6.x includes/module.inc \hooks
  3. 4.7.x includes/module.inc \hooks
  4. 6.x includes/module.inc \hooks
  5. 7.x includes/module.inc \hooks
  6. 8.9.x core/core.api.php \hooks
  7. 9 core/core.api.php \hooks

Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Drupal's module system is based on the concept of "hooks". A hook is a PHP function that is named foo_bar(), where "foo" is the name of the module (whose filename is thus foo.module) and "bar" is the name of the hook. Each hook has a defined set of parameters and a specified result type.

To extend Drupal, a module need simply implement a hook. When Drupal wishes to allow intervention from modules, it determines which modules implement a hook and call that hook in all enabled modules that implement it.

The available hooks to implement are explained here in the Hooks section of the developer documentation. The string "hook" is used as a placeholder for the module name is the hook definitions. For example, if the module file is called example.module, then hook_help() as implemented by that module would be defined as example_help().

File

includes/module.inc, line 289
API for loading and interacting with Drupal modules.

Functions

Namesort descending Location Description
custom_url_rewrite developer/hooks/core.php custom_url_rewrite is not a hook. It is a function you can add to settings.php to manage aliases with some code.
hook_access developer/hooks/node.php Define access restrictions.
hook_auth developer/hooks/authentication.php Verify authentication of a user.
hook_block developer/hooks/core.php Declare a block or set of blocks.
hook_comment developer/hooks/core.php Act on comments.
hook_cron developer/hooks/core.php Perform periodic actions.
hook_db_rewrite_sql developer/hooks/core.php Add JOIN and WHERE statements to queries and decide whether the primary_field shall be made DISTINCT. For node objects, primary field is always called nid. For taxonomy terms, it is tid and for vocabularies it is vid. For comments, it is cid. Primary…
hook_delete developer/hooks/node.php Respond to node deletion.
hook_disable developer/hooks/install.php Perform necessary actions before module is disabled.
hook_elements developer/hooks/core.php Allows modules to declare their own form element types and specify their default values.
hook_enable developer/hooks/install.php Perform necessary actions after module is enabled.
hook_exit developer/hooks/core.php Perform cleanup tasks.
hook_file_download developer/hooks/core.php Allow file downloads.
hook_filter developer/hooks/core.php Define content filters.
hook_filter_tips developer/hooks/core.php Provide tips for using filters.
hook_footer developer/hooks/core.php Insert closing HTML.
hook_form developer/hooks/node.php Display a node editing form.
hook_forms developer/hooks/core.php Map form_ids to builder functions.
hook_form_alter developer/hooks/core.php Perform alterations before a form is rendered.
hook_help developer/hooks/core.php Provide online user help.
hook_info developer/hooks/authentication.php Declare authentication scheme information.
hook_init developer/hooks/core.php Perform setup tasks.
hook_insert developer/hooks/node.php Respond to node insertion.
hook_install developer/hooks/install.php Install the current version of the database schema.
hook_link developer/hooks/core.php Define internal Drupal links.
hook_link_alter developer/hooks/core.php Perform alterations before links on a node are rendered. One popular use of this hook is to modify/remove links from other modules. If you want to add a link to the links section of a node, use hook_link instead.
hook_load developer/hooks/node.php Load node-type-specific information.
hook_mail_alter developer/hooks/core.php Alter any aspect of the emails sent by Drupal. You can use this hook to add a common site footer to all outgoing emails; add extra header fields and/or modify the mails sent out in any way. HTML-izing the outgoing mails is one possibility. See also…
hook_menu developer/hooks/core.php Define menu items and page callbacks.
hook_nodeapi developer/hooks/core.php Act on nodes defined by other modules.
hook_node_access_records developer/hooks/core.php Set permissions for a node to be written to the database.
hook_node_grants developer/hooks/core.php Inform the node access system what permissions the user has.
hook_node_info developer/hooks/node.php Define module-provided node types.
hook_node_operations developer/hooks/core.php Add mass node operations.
hook_node_type developer/hooks/node.php Act on node type changes.
hook_perm developer/hooks/core.php Define user permissions.
hook_ping developer/hooks/core.php Ping another server.
hook_prepare developer/hooks/node.php This is a hook used by node modules. It is called after load but before the node is shown on the add/edit form.
hook_profile_alter developer/hooks/core.php Perform alterations profile items before they are rendered. You may omit/add/re-sort/re-categorize, etc.
hook_requirements developer/hooks/install.php Check installation requirements that need to be satisfied.
hook_search developer/hooks/core.php Define a custom search routine.
hook_search_preprocess developer/hooks/core.php Preprocess text for the search index.
hook_submit developer/hooks/node.php This is a hook used by node modules. It is called after validation has succeeded and before insert/update. It is used to for actions which must happen only if the node is to be saved. Usually, $node is changed in some way and then the actual saving of…
hook_taxonomy developer/hooks/core.php Act on taxonomy changes.
hook_uninstall developer/hooks/install.php Remove any tables or variables that the module sets.
hook_update developer/hooks/node.php Respond to node updating.
hook_update_index developer/hooks/core.php Update Drupal's full-text index for this module.
hook_update_N developer/hooks/install.php Perform a single update.
hook_user developer/hooks/core.php Act on user account actions.
hook_user_operations developer/hooks/core.php Add mass user operations.
hook_validate developer/hooks/node.php Verify a node editing form.
hook_view developer/hooks/node.php Display a node.
hook_xmlrpc developer/hooks/core.php Register XML-RPC callbacks.
module_hook includes/module.inc Determine whether a module implements a hook.
module_implements includes/module.inc Determine which modules are implementing a hook.
module_invoke includes/module.inc Invoke a hook in a particular module.
module_invoke_all includes/module.inc Invoke a hook in all enabled modules that implement it.