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Definition

drupal_load($type, $name)
drupal/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 692

Description

Includes a file with the provided type and name. This prevents including a theme, engine, module, etc., more than once.

Parameters

$type The type of item to load (i.e. theme, theme_engine, module).

$name The name of the item to load.

Return value

TRUE if the item is loaded or has already been loaded.

Code

function drupal_load($type, $name) {
  static $files = array();

  if (isset($files[$type][$name])) {
    return TRUE;
  }

  $filename = drupal_get_filename($type, $name);

  if ($filename) {
    include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $filename;
    $files[$type][$name] = TRUE;

    return TRUE;
  }

  return FALSE;
}