drupal Module development - Drupal 7 Basic module providing a custom block
Example
custom_module.info
name = Custom Module
description = Creates a block containing a custom output.
core = 7.x
custom_module.module
/**
* Initiates hook_block_info.
*
* Registers the block with Drupal.
*/
function custom_module_block_info() {
$blocks = array();
//Registers the machine name of the block.
$blocks['custom_block'] = array(
//Sets the human readable, administration name.
'info' => t('My Custom Block'),
//Tells Drupal not to cache this block.
//Used if there is dynamic content.
'cache' => DRUPAL_NO_CACHE,
);
return $blocks;
}
/**
* Initiates hook_block_view().
*
* Sets the block title and content callback.
*/
function custom_module_block_view($delta = '') {
$block = array();
switch ($delta) {
//Must be the machine name defined in the hook_block_info.
case 'custom_block':
//The blocks title.
$block['subject'] = 'My custom block';
//The string or function that will provide the content of the block.
$block['content'] = custom_module_block_content();
break;
}
return $block;
}
/**
* Returns the content of the custom block.
*/
function custom_module_block_content() {
$content = "This function only returns a string, but could do anything."
return $content;
}
