Overview Of The Drupal Module Info File

                        OverviewOf The Drupal Module Info File

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. 

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. 

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