hook_token_info

Versions

mediamosa-21

hook_token_info()

Provide metadata about available placeholder tokens and token types.

See also

hook_token_info_alter()

Return value

An associative array of available tokens and token types, each containing the raw name of the token or type, its user-friendly name, and a verbose description.

Related topics

Hooks

Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Code

modules/system/system.api.php, line 3141

<?php
function hook_token_info() {
  $type = array(
    'name' => t('Nodes'),
    'description' => t('Tokens related to individual nodes.'),
    'needs-data' => 'node',
  );

  // Core tokens for nodes.
  $node['nid'] = array(
    'name' => t("Node ID"),
    'description' => t("The unique ID of the node."),
  );
  $node['title'] = array(
    'name' => t("Title"),
    'description' => t("The title of the node."),
  );
  $node['edit-url'] = array(
    'name' => t("Edit URL"),
    'description' => t("The URL of the node's edit page."),
  );

  // Chained tokens for nodes.
  $node['created'] = array(
    'name' => t("Date created"),
    'description' => t("The date the node was posted."),
    'type' => 'date',
  );
  $node['author'] = array(
    'name' => t("Author"),
    'description' => t("The author of the node."),
    'type' => 'user',
  );

  return array(
    'types' => array('node' => $type),
    'tokens' => array('node' => $node),
  );
}
?>