How to make Require_once refreshable
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files? Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files?
That's definitely not PHP's default behavior. It sounds like you might have some caching happening, perhaps APC? That or you might be editing a different file other than the one you're expecting? I've found myself hacking a way for a good half hour only to realize I'm on the wrong site. andrew
Nancy Wichmann wrote:
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files?
Every time you (or anyone else) visits a Drupal page, Drupal starts up again from scratch and loads all the files it needs to load. So unless your page, block, etc. that is triggering the require_once() is cached, your file should get included on every page load. You might consider blowing out all the Drupal caches, to make sure that is not the problem. --Jennifer -- Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare www.poplarware.com Drupal, WordPress, and custom Web programming
By default, PHP will reload files on disk every page request. If it's not, then it's doing something weird. Possible causes: 1) You're running APC in no-stat mode. You need to restart apache for it to flush its cache. This is not a good mode to run a dev server for the reason you're seeing. 2) You're running APC not in no-stat mode, but it's acting buggy and is not stating anyway. Restart apache or disable APC. 3) You're actually editing the wrong file. I have lots of copies of Drupal floating around my web directories. It happens at times. :-) 4) The code you think is running is not actually running, so your debug statements are never reached. This has happened to me, too. 5) Your OS or Apache are just being buggy. Switch to a less buggy OS or Apache. --Larry Garfield Nancy Wichmann wrote:
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files?
Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
I don't have APC. It is PHP 5.2.5 and Apache 2.2.6. So I guess that means I'm editing the wrong file. Sigh... Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. -----Original Message----- From: development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org]On Behalf Of larry@garfieldtech.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:31 AM To: development@drupal.org Subject: Re: [development] How to make Require_once refreshable By default, PHP will reload files on disk every page request. If it's not, then it's doing something weird. Possible causes: 1) You're running APC in no-stat mode. You need to restart apache for it to flush its cache. This is not a good mode to run a dev server for the reason you're seeing. 2) You're running APC not in no-stat mode, but it's acting buggy and is not stating anyway. Restart apache or disable APC. 3) You're actually editing the wrong file. I have lots of copies of Drupal floating around my web directories. It happens at times. :-) 4) The code you think is running is not actually running, so your debug statements are never reached. This has happened to me, too. 5) Your OS or Apache are just being buggy. Switch to a less buggy OS or Apache. --Larry Garfield Nancy Wichmann wrote:
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files?
Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
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3) You're actually editing the wrong file. Hmm....
From node.module: $items['admin/content/types'] = array( 'title' => 'Content types', 'description' => 'Manage posts by content type, including default status, front page promotion, etc.', 'page callback' => 'node_overview_types', 'access arguments' => array('administer content types'), 'file' => 'content_types.inc', );
But a hook_menu_alter to dump the entry shows: Array ( [title] => Content types [description] => Manage posts by content type, including default status, front page promotion, etc. [page callback] => content_types_overview [access arguments] => Array ( [0] => administer content types ) [file] => content.admin.inc [module] => node [file path] => sites/all/modules/cck/includes ) The file has changed somewhere along the line... Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
Earl Miles wrote:
see content.module in CCK -- that's clearly content_menu_alter
Thank you, Earl. I had discovered that. And now I am submitting a patch to CCK to take care of a "@TODO. Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
Quoting Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich@bellsouth.net>:
I was trying to track down an issue I am having with the node module's content_types.inc so I stuck in some messages. Unfortunately, the menu system uses require_once to load these files, so my changes are not working. I really don't want to have to reboot every time I do something. Is there any quicker way to get PHP to reload these files?
The menu system will only call hook_menu if variable "menu_rebuild_needed" is set to TRUE. You can cause that to happen by clicking then "admin/settings/performance->Clear cached data" button. -- Earnie -- http://r-feed.com/ -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
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