function drupal_required_modules

Same name in other branches
  1. 7.x includes/module.inc \drupal_required_modules()
  2. 9 core/includes/module.inc \drupal_required_modules()

Returns an array of modules required by core.

1 call to drupal_required_modules()
install_profile_info in core/includes/install.inc
Retrieves information about an installation profile from its .info.yml file.

File

core/includes/module.inc, line 152

Code

function drupal_required_modules() {
    $listing = new ExtensionDiscovery(\Drupal::root());
    $files = $listing->scan('module');
    $required = [];
    // Unless called by the installer, an installation profile is required and
    // must always be loaded.
    if ($profile = \Drupal::installProfile()) {
        $required[] = $profile;
    }
    foreach ($files as $name => $file) {
        $info = \Drupal::service('info_parser')->parse($file->getPathname());
        if (!empty($info) && !empty($info['required']) && $info['required']) {
            $required[] = $name;
        }
    }
    return $required;
}

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