Topics

Namesort iconLocationDescription
modules/ system/ system.install
Batch operationsincludes/ form.incFunctions allowing forms processing to be spread out over several page requests, thus ensuring that the processing does not get interrupted because of a PHP timeout, while allowing the user to receive feedback on the progress of the ongoing operations.
Database abstraction layerincludes/ database.incAllow the use of different database servers using the same code base.
Default theme implementationsincludes/ theme.incFunctions and templates that present output to the user, and can be implemented by themes.
Example batch definitionsdeveloper/ examples/ batch_example.moduleDefinitions of the batches used in this module.
File interfaceincludes/ file.incCommon file handling functions.
Form builder functionsincludes/ form.incFunctions that build an abstract representation of a HTML form.
Form generationincludes/ form.incFunctions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.
Formattingincludes/ common.incFunctions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.
Hook implementations for user-created content types.modules/ node/ node.module
Hooksincludes/ module.incAllow modules to interact with the Drupal core.
Image toolkitsincludes/ image.incDrupal's image toolkits provide an abstraction layer for common image file manipulations like scaling, cropping, and rotating. The abstraction frees module authors from the need to support multiple image libraries, and it allows site...
Input validationincludes/ common.incFunctions to validate user input.
Menu systemincludes/ menu.incDefine the navigation menus, and route page requests to code based on URLs.
Node access rightsmodules/ node/ node.moduleThe node access system determines who can do what to which nodes.
Schema APIincludes/ database.incA Drupal schema definition is an array structure representing one or more tables and their related keys and indexes. A schema is defined by hook_schema(), which usually lives in a modulename.install file.
Search interfacemodules/ search/ search.moduleThe Drupal search interface manages a global search mechanism.
 
 

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