Hello all,

I ran into a very awkward bug today. I created a module and a theme for a client, and naturally, this module contained customizations and the theme was a custom made theme. I named the module and the theme with the client's name. Let's say the client was named abc so I created an abc module and an abc theme.

I have done the same in the past. A module called x.module, and a theme
called x with a file page.tpl.php. Did not have problems.

I did not use hook_block in that module though.

So, to verify that you are facing an issue, I created the following:

garland.info
name = Garland module
description = Test gardland module
version = "$Name: $"
garland.module

<?php
function garland_block($op, $delta = 0) {
}

When I implemented the abc_block hook I was surprised to find that all blocks disappeared on all pages.

The blocks disappeared like you found out, when I enabled the above module.

Further investigation into the core and I found that the culprit was the call to theme('block') which mistakingly called abc_block thinking it was a theme override function (rather than the hook it was).

I was wondering if this issue has been addressed before. I can think of three possible solutions:
1. Make it a standard that no theme and module should be named the same (weak solution)
2. Change all theme('block') calls to something else so no chance of conflict could occur
3. Change the hook name so that it won't conflict with the theme call
4. Any suggestions???

Either 2 or 3 seem good enough to solve the problem. But I thought I'd gouge some opinions before wasting time on a less-than-optimal patch.

I think 1 can be easiest path. Forbid enabling a module with the same name
as an enabled theme and vice versa. So whoever is enabled first wins.

I am not sure what the impact on modules would be if 2 or 3 is done.