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function hook_system_info_alter in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php \hook_system_info_alter()
  2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php \hook_system_info_alter()

Alter the information parsed from module and theme .info files

This hook is invoked in _system_rebuild_module_data() and in _system_rebuild_theme_data(). A module may implement this hook in order to add to or alter the data generated by reading the .info file with drupal_parse_info_file().

Parameters

$info: The .info file contents, passed by reference so that it can be altered.

$file: Full information about the module or theme, including $file->name, and $file->filename

$type: Either 'module' or 'theme', depending on the type of .info file that was passed.

Related topics

9 functions implement hook_system_info_alter()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

dashboard_system_info_alter in modules/dashboard/dashboard.module
Implements hook_system_info_alter().
field_system_info_alter in modules/field/field.module
Implements hook_system_info_alter().
module_test_system_info_alter in modules/simpletest/tests/module_test.module
Implements hook_system_info_alter().
overlay_system_info_alter in modules/overlay/overlay.module
Implements hook_system_info_alter().
system_system_info_alter in modules/system/system.module
Implements hook_system_info_alter().

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2 invocations of hook_system_info_alter()
_system_rebuild_module_data in modules/system/system.module
Helper function to scan and collect module .info data.
_system_rebuild_theme_data in modules/system/system.module
Helper function to scan and collect theme .info data and their engines.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 2086
Hooks provided by Drupal core and the System module.

Code

function hook_system_info_alter(&$info, $file, $type) {

  // Only fill this in if the .info file does not define a 'datestamp'.
  if (empty($info['datestamp'])) {
    $info['datestamp'] = filemtime($file->filename);
  }
}