[development] An automated way of locating unused modules?

[Jamie Holly]

I would add one little thing to that query:

SELECT name FROM system WHERE type='module' AND status='1' AND filename 
NOT LIKE 'module/%';

That way you don't get Drupal's core modules in the list.

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net
http://www.hollyit.net


On 1/9/2011 2:26 PM, Cameron Eagans wrote:
> I don't think you'd even need a module to do this. You can get a list 
> of currently used modules by doing:
>
> SELECT name FROM system WHERE type='module' AND status='1';
>
> You could likely write a quick script to compare the list returned by 
> that SQL statement to your modules list.
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:04, James Benstead <james.benstead at gmail.com 
> <mailto:james.benstead at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Originally posted to http://drupal.org/node/1017416:
>
>         I have a list of 60+ modules that I download, via drush, to
>         each new Drupal site that I build. I then enable whatever
>         modules are needed for the specific site I'm working on as I
>         carry out the build.
>
>
>         This means that once the site is launched, there may be
>         modules that are not being called by Drupal core but that are
>         still enabled and/or installed.
>
>
>         Is there an automated way - a specific module, for example -
>         that will tell me which of the modules that are enabled on a
>         site are being called by Drupal core?
>
>
>         Secondly, is there any performance implication for having lots
>         of modules installed on a site if they are not enabled?
>
>
>     The answer to the second question seems to be "no". And It doesn't
>     seem that such a module does exist - would it be technically
>     possible to write this module for D6?
>
>     --Jim
>     --
>     My IM and Skype details are at http://state68.com/contact
>
>
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