function render in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/includes/common.inc \render()
2. 9 core/includes/common.inc \render()

Renders an element.

This function renders an element using drupal_render(). The top level element is shown with show() before rendering, so it will always be rendered even if hide() had been previously used on it.

Parameters

$element: The element to be rendered.

Return value

The rendered element.

See also

drupal_render()

show()

hide()

23 calls to render()

block.tpl.php in modules/block/block.tpl.php

Default theme implementation to display a block.

book-all-books-block.tpl.php in modules/book/book-all-books-block.tpl.php

Default theme implementation for rendering book outlines within a block.

comment-wrapper.tpl.php in modules/comment/comment-wrapper.tpl.php

Default theme implementation to provide an HTML container for comments.

comment-wrapper.tpl.php in themes/bartik/templates/comment-wrapper.tpl.php

Bartik's theme implementation to provide an HTML container for comments.

comment.tpl.php in themes/garland/comment.tpl.php

... See full list

1 string reference to 'render'

overlay_init in modules/overlay/overlay.module

Implements hook_init().

File

includes/common.inc, line 6242

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function render(&$element) {
  if (is_array($element)) {
    show($element);
    return drupal_render($element);
  }
  else {

    // Safe-guard for inappropriate use of render() on flat variables: return
    // the variable as-is.
    return $element;
  }
}