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*/
function jsloader_init() {
$path = drupal_get_path('module', 'jsloader');
$info = drupal_parse_info_file($path . '/jsloader.info');
foreach ($info['scripts'] as $script) {
drupal_add_js($path . '/' . $script);
}
}
Taking a quick look at this file. We can see the following:
• It begins with a tag. Why? For library files such as this, the closing tag is optional and
can actually lead to application-breaking mistakes. Drupal conventions
recommend omitting the closing tag for this reason.
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Chapter 8
In Chapter 2, we discussed coding standards, which included spacing, commenting,
and the general structure of code. We will not repeat that discussion, but there are
two things to note about the way PHP code is generally structured in Drupal.
First, most Drupal PHP code is procedural, not object-oriented. Functions are defined
in the global namespace and are not usually assigned to objects. This will change in
Drupal 7, which will be object-oriented to a greater extent.
Second, function names and variable names are always lowercase, with words
separated by underscores. Camel case (myVariable) is never used in Drupal's
procedural code.
With these few notes addressed, we are ready to look at the first function,
jsloader_help().
The jsloader_help() function
The purpose of this first function, jsloader_help(), is to provide some content for
the Drupal built-in help system. Always provide a help function for your module,
even if it does no more than provide basic information about what the module does.
A little help is better than no help.
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