[development] hook_block can set properties (weight, enabled,
etc.) for blocks
Nedjo Rogers
nedjo at islandnet.com
Wed Jul 5 23:13:01 UTC 2006
>A quick FYI for module authors. As of 4.7, we can set all block properties
>except theme in hook_block (instead of, previously, just 'content' and
>'subject'). This is a change that was part of the block region patch. So,
>for example, you can give your blocks an explicit weight, enable them,
>limit them to given pages, etc. Example:
>
> $block = array('weight' => -6, 'enabled' => 1, 'region' => 'content',
> 'subject' => t('Example'));
> $block['content'] = t('This is an example');
A correction. We can indeed assign blocks initial values in hook_block(),
but we do so in the 'list' op, not the 'view' one. So, instead of what I
wrote above, use something like:
/**
* Implementation of hook_block().
*/
function example_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
global $user;
if ($op == 'list') {
$blocks[0] = array(
'info' => t('Example'),
'status' => 1
);
return $blocks;
}
...
}
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