function menu_save

Save a custom menu.

Parameters

$menu: An array representing a custom menu:

  • menu_name: The unique name of the custom menu (composed of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens).
  • title: The human readable menu title.
  • description: The custom menu description.

Modules should always pass a fully populated $menu when saving a custom menu, so other modules are able to output proper status or watchdog messages.

See also

menu_load()

3 calls to menu_save()
MenuTestCase::addCustomMenuCRUD in modules/menu/menu.test
Add custom menu using CRUD functions.
menu_edit_menu_submit in modules/menu/menu.admin.inc
Submit function for adding or editing a custom menu.
menu_install in modules/menu/menu.install
Implements hook_install().

File

modules/menu/menu.module, line 259

Code

function menu_save($menu) {
  $status = db_merge('menu_custom')->key(array(
    'menu_name' => $menu['menu_name'],
  ))
    ->fields(array(
    'title' => $menu['title'],
    'description' => $menu['description'],
  ))
    ->execute();
  menu_cache_clear_all();
  switch ($status) {
    case SAVED_NEW:
      // Make sure the menu is present in the active menus variable so that its
      // items may appear in the menu active trail.
      // @see menu_set_active_menu_names()
      $active_menus = variable_get('menu_default_active_menus', array_keys(menu_get_menus()));
      if (!in_array($menu['menu_name'], $active_menus)) {
        $active_menus[] = $menu['menu_name'];
        variable_set('menu_default_active_menus', $active_menus);
      }
      module_invoke_all('menu_insert', $menu);
      break;

    case SAVED_UPDATED:
      module_invoke_all('menu_update', $menu);
      break;

  }
}

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