function ModuleHandler::loadInclude
Loads a module include file.
Examples:
// Load node.admin.inc from the node module.
$this->loadInclude('node', 'inc', 'node.admin');
// Load content_types.inc from the node module.
$this->loadInclude('node', 'inc', 'content_types');Parameters
string $module: The module to which the include file belongs.
string $type: The include file's type (file extension).
string $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
string|false The name of the included file, if successful; FALSE otherwise.
Overrides ModuleHandlerInterface::loadInclude
4 calls to ModuleHandler::loadInclude()
- ModuleHandler::buildImplementationInfo in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Extension/ ModuleHandler.php 
- Builds hook implementation information for a given hook name.
- ModuleHandler::implementsHook in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Extension/ ModuleHandler.php 
- Returns whether a given module implements a given hook.
- ModuleHandler::loadAllIncludes in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Extension/ ModuleHandler.php 
- Loads an include file for each enabled module.
- ModuleHandler::verifyImplementations in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Extension/ ModuleHandler.php 
- Verifies an array of implementations loaded from the cache, by including the lazy-loaded $module.$group.inc, and checking function_exists().
File
- 
              core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Extension/ ModuleHandler.php, line 262 
Class
- ModuleHandler
- Class that manages modules in a Drupal installation.
Namespace
Drupal\Core\ExtensionCode
public function loadInclude($module, $type, $name = NULL) {
  if ($type == 'install') {
    // Make sure the installation API is available
    include_once $this->root . '/core/includes/install.inc';
  }
  $name = $name ?: $module;
  $key = $type . ':' . $module . ':' . $name;
  if (isset($this->includeFileKeys[$key])) {
    return $this->includeFileKeys[$key];
  }
  if (isset($this->moduleList[$module])) {
    $file = $this->root . '/' . $this->moduleList[$module]
      ->getPath() . "/{$name}.{$type}";
    if (is_file($file)) {
      require_once $file;
      $this->includeFileKeys[$key] = $file;
      return $file;
    }
    else {
      $this->includeFileKeys[$key] = FALSE;
    }
  }
  return FALSE;
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