Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 6.x includes/module.inc \module_load_include()
  2. 7.x includes/module.inc \module_load_include()
  3. 8.9.x core/includes/module.inc \module_load_include()
  4. 9 core/includes/module.inc \module_load_include()

Loads a module include file.

Examples:

// Load node.admin.inc from the node module.
module_load_include('inc', 'node', 'node.admin');

// Load content_types.inc from the node module.
module_load_include('inc', 'node', 'content_types');

Do not use this function to load an install file, use module_load_install() instead. Do not use this function in a global context since it requires Drupal to be fully bootstrapped, use require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/path/file' instead.

Parameters

$type: The include file's type (file extension).

$module: The module to which the include file belongs.

$name: (optional) The base file name (without the $type extension). If omitted, $module is used; i.e., resulting in "$module.$type" by default.

Return value

bool|string The name of the included file, if successful; FALSE otherwise.

Deprecated

in drupal:9.4.0 and is removed from drupal:11.0.0. Use \Drupal::moduleHandler()->loadInclude($module, $type, $name = NULL). Note that including code from uninstalled extensions is no longer supported.

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/2948698

1 call to module_load_include()
ModuleLegacyTest::testModuleLoadInclude in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Extension/ModuleLegacyTest.php
Test deprecation of module_load_include() function.

File

core/includes/module.inc, line 42
API for loading and interacting with Drupal modules.

Code

function module_load_include($type, $module, $name = NULL) {
  @trigger_error("module_load_include() is deprecated in drupal:9.4.0 and is removed from drupal:11.0.0. Instead, you should use \\Drupal::moduleHandler()->loadInclude(). Note that including code from uninstalled extensions is no longer supported. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2948698", E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  if (!isset($name)) {
    $name = $module;
  }
  if (\Drupal::hasService('extension.list.module')) {

    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleExtensionList $module_list */
    $module_list = \Drupal::service('extension.list.module');
    $file = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $module_list
      ->getPath($module) . "/{$name}.{$type}";
    if (is_file($file)) {
      require_once $file;
      return $file;
    }
  }
  return FALSE;
}