[development] module_exists vs. functions_exists?

Moshe Weitzman weitzman at tejasa.com
Sun Jun 22 23:28:04 UTC 2008


> Come Drupal 7, you'll want to use drupal_function_exists() specifically so
> that it can lazy-load the function if needed.  I suppose that's a strike in
> favor of using function_exists() for now so that your logic is already setup
> for that.

Right ... For D6 and below, module_invoke() does the if
(function_exists()) for you. Some people prefer that pattern.


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