Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 7.x includes/menu.inc \menu_link_load()

Get a menu link by its mlid, access checked and link translated for rendering.

This function should never be called from within node_load() or any other function used as a menu object load function since an infinite recursion may occur.

Parameters

$mlid: The mlid of the menu item.

Return value

A menu link, with $item['access'] filled and link translated for rendering.

Related topics

1 call to menu_link_load()
_menu_delete_item in includes/menu.inc
Helper function for menu_link_delete; deletes a single menu link.

File

includes/menu.inc, line 1653
API for the Drupal menu system.

Code

function menu_link_load($mlid) {
  if (is_numeric($mlid) && ($item = db_fetch_array(db_query("SELECT m.*, ml.* FROM {menu_links} ml LEFT JOIN {menu_router} m ON m.path = ml.router_path WHERE ml.mlid = %d", $mlid)))) {
    _menu_link_translate($item);
    return $item;
  }
  return FALSE;
}