Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.6.x includes/menu.inc \menu_tree()
  2. 4.7.x includes/menu.inc \menu_tree()
  3. 5.x includes/menu.inc \menu_tree()
  4. 7.x includes/menu.inc \menu_tree()

Render a menu tree based on the current path.

The tree is expanded based on the current path and dynamic paths are also changed according to the defined to_arg functions (for example the 'My account' link is changed from user/% to a link with the current user's uid).

Parameters

$menu_name: The name of the menu.

Return value

The rendered HTML of that menu on the current page.

Related topics

File

includes/menu.inc, line 721
API for the Drupal menu system.

Code

function menu_tree($menu_name = 'navigation') {
  static $menu_output = array();
  if (!isset($menu_output[$menu_name])) {
    $tree = menu_tree_page_data($menu_name);
    $menu_output[$menu_name] = menu_tree_output($tree);
  }
  return $menu_output[$menu_name];
}