API@RTK0.NET

1. drupal
   1. 7

Return a rendered or renderable view of a block.

Parameters

$delta Which block to render. This is a unique identifier for the block within the module, defined in hook_block_info().

Return value

An array containing the following elements:

• subject: The default localized title of the block. If the block does not have a default title, this should be set to NULL.
• content: The content of the block's body. This may be a renderable array (preferable) or a string containing rendered HTML content.

For a detailed usage example, see block_example.module.

See also

hook_block_info()

hook_block_view_alter()

hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter()

Related topics

Hooks

Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Code

drupal/modules/block/block.api.php, line 208

<?php
function hook_block_view($delta = '') {
  // This example comes from node.module. Note that you can also return a
  // renderable array rather than rendered HTML for 'content'.
  $block = array();

  switch ($delta) {
    case 'syndicate':
      $block['subject'] = t('Syndicate');
      $block['content'] = theme('feed_icon', array('url' => url('rss.xml'), 'title' => t('Syndicate')));
      break;

    case 'recent':
      if (user_access('access content')) {
        $block['subject'] = t('Recent content');
        if ($nodes = node_get_recent(variable_get('node_recent_block_count', 10))) {
          $block['content'] = theme('node_recent_block', array(
            'nodes' => $nodes,
          ));
        }
        else {
          $block['content'] = t('No content available.');
        }
      }
      break;
  }
  return $block;
}
?>