Invokes a hook in a particular module.

All arguments are passed by value. Use drupal_alter() if you need to pass arguments by reference.

Parameters

$module: The name of the module (without the .module extension).

$hook: The name of the hook to invoke.

...: Arguments to pass to the hook implementation.

Return value

The return value of the hook implementation.

See also

drupal_alter()

Related topics

File

includes/module.inc, line 861

API for loading and interacting with Drupal modules.

Code

function module_invoke($module, $hook) {
  $args = func_get_args();
  // Remove $module and $hook from the arguments.
  unset($args[0], $args[1]);
  if (module_hook($module, $hook)) {
    return call_user_func_array($module . '_' . $hook, $args);
  }
}