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Diffstat (limited to 'modules')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/system/theme.api.php | 24 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/modules/system/theme.api.php b/modules/system/theme.api.php index 7fee81cb6..cd7ecfde8 100644 --- a/modules/system/theme.api.php +++ b/modules/system/theme.api.php @@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ function hook_form_system_theme_settings_alter(&$form, &$form_state) { } /** - * Preprocess theme variables. + * Preprocess theme variables for templates. * * This hook allows modules to preprocess theme variables for theme templates. - * It is called for all invocations of theme(), to allow modules to add to - * or override variables for all theme hooks. + * It is called for all theme hooks implemented as templates, but not for theme + * hooks implemented as functions. hook_preprocess_HOOK() can be used to + * preprocess variables for a specific theme hook, whether implemented as a + * template or function. * * For more detailed information, see theme(). * @@ -159,11 +161,13 @@ function hook_preprocess_HOOK(&$variables) { } /** - * Process theme variables. + * Process theme variables for templates. * - * This hook allows modules to process theme variables for theme templates. - * It is called for all invocations of theme(), to allow modules to add to - * or override variables for all theme hooks. + * This hook allows modules to process theme variables for theme templates. It + * is called for all theme hooks implemented as templates, but not for theme + * hooks implemented as functions. hook_process_HOOK() can be used to process + * variables for a specific theme hook, whether implemented as a template or + * function. * * For more detailed information, see theme(). * @@ -199,7 +203,11 @@ function hook_process(&$variables, $hook) { * The variables array (modify in place). */ function hook_process_HOOK(&$variables) { - $variables['classes'] .= ' my_added_class'; + // @todo There are no use-cases in Drupal core for this hook. Find one from a + // contributed module, or come up with a good example. Coming up with a good + // example might be tough, since the intent is for nearly everything to be + // achievable via preprocess functions, and for process functions to only be + // used when requiring the later execution time. } /** |