function node_example_node_info in Examples for Developers 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 7 node_example/node_example.module \node_example_node_info()

Implementation of hook_node_info().

This is a required node hook. This function describes the nodes provided by this module.

The required attributes are:

• "name" provides a human readable name for the node,
• "module" tells Drupal how the module's functions map to hooks (i.e. if the module is node_example_foo then node_example_foo_insert will be called when inserting the node).
• "description" provides a brief description of the node type, which is shown when a user accesses the "Create content" page for that node type.

The other optional, attributes:

• "has_title" boolean that indicates whether or not this node type has a title field.
• "title_label": the label for the title field of this content type.
• "has_body": boolean that indicates whether or not this node type has a body field.
• "body_label": the label for the body field of this content type.
• "min_word_count": the minimum number of words for the body field to be considered valid for this content type.

The key in this example, "example_node_type_1", is the "machine name" of the node type and is stored in {node}.type. The node's type value cannot be changed through the admin interface.

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File

node_example/node_example.module, line 85

This is an example outlining how a module can be used to define a new node type.

Code

function node_example_node_info() {
  return array(
    'example_node_type_1' => array(
      'name' => t('Example node type 1'),
      'module' => 'node_example',
      'description' => t("An example node type with a few fields."),
      'has_title' => TRUE,
      'title_label' => t('Example Node Type 1 Title'),
      'has_body' => TRUE,
      'body_label' => t('Example Node Type 1 Body'),
    ),
  );
}