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hook_user_categories

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    1. 7
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7 hook_user_categories()

Retrieve a list of user setting or profile information categories.

Return value

An array of associative arrays. Each inner array has elements:

  • "name": The internal name of the category.
  • "title": The human-readable, localized name of the category.
  • "weight": An integer specifying the category's sort ordering.
  • "access callback": Name of the access callback function to use to determine whether the user can edit the category. Defaults to using user_edit_access(). See hook_menu() for more information on access callbacks.
  • "access arguments": Arguments for the access callback function. Defaults to array(1).

Related topics

Hooks
Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Code

drupal/modules/user/user.api.php, line 201

<?php
function hook_user_categories() {
  return array(array(
      'name' => 'account', 
      'title' => t('Account settings'), 
      'weight' => 1,
    ));
}
?>