Overview Of The Drupal Module Info File

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Drupal uses .info files to store metadata about themes andmodules.

For modules, the .info file is used for:

rendering information on the Drupal Web GUI administrationpages;

providing criteria to control module activation anddeactivation;

notifying Drupal about the existence of a module;

general administrative purposes in other contexts.

This .info file is required for the system to recognize thepresence of a module.

**Key points in the *.info file

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1.configure property

As of version 7.x, the path of the module's (main)configuration page.

If a module is enabled, a "Configure" and "Permissions" linkappear.<wbr></wbr>

This will be the path of the "Configure" link for thisparticular module on the

modules overview page.

2.file property

Drupal now supports a dynamic-loading code registry. Tosupport it, all modules

must now declare any code files containing class or interfacedeclarations in the .info file

When a module is enabled, Drupal will rescan all declaredfiles and index all the classes and interfaces that itfinds.<wbr></wbr>

Classes will be loaded automatically by PHP when they arefirst accessed.