function libraries_get_path in Libraries API 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8.3 libraries.module \libraries_get_path()
2. 6 libraries.module \libraries_get_path()
3. 7.3 libraries.module \libraries_get_path()
4. 7.2 libraries.module \libraries_get_path()

Gets the path of a library.

Parameters

$name: The machine name of a library to return the path for.

$base_path: Whether to prefix the resulting path with base_path().

Return value

The path to the specified library.

File

./libraries.module, line 21

External library handling for Drupal modules.

Code

function libraries_get_path($name, $base_path = FALSE) {
  $libraries =& drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
  if (!isset($libraries)) {
    $libraries = libraries_get_libraries();
  }
  $path = $base_path ? base_path() : '';
  if (!isset($libraries[$name])) {

    // Most often, external libraries can be shared across multiple sites, so
    // we return sites/all/libraries as the default path.
    $path .= 'sites/all/libraries/' . $name;
  }
  else {
    $path .= $libraries[$name];
  }
  return $path;
}