menu path api

HOOKS

• hook_menu_alter
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system!system.api.php/function/hook_menu_alter/7
  Allow to modify a menu defined by another module

• hook_menu_link_alter
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system!system.api.php/function/hook_menu_link_alter/7
  Allow to modify a menu link defined by another module This hook is fired when a menu item get saved All the available keys are http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21menu.inc/function/menu_link_save/7

• hook_path_insert
  https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!path!path.api.php/function/hook_path_insert/7
  Do something when a new path is being created (like aliasing for example)

API functions

• menu_get_item()
  Get the current menu item the page we are on, and retrieve information about the router, callback
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21menu.inc/function/menu_get_item/6

• menu_get_object()
  Return the object we are on, a node if a node page or a user if a user page
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!menu.inc/function/menu_get_object/6
  Use example : http://drupalcode.org/project/page_title.git/blob/1d3944636a0c6afd4065e8f552eddb0f9d8ffbed:/modules/node.page_title.inc

• menu_tree()
  Return a menu tree replace % by their value for exemple user/% by user%45 http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!menu.inc/function/menu_tree/7

• menu_execute_active_handler
  https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!menu.inc/function/menu_execute_active_handler/6
  Execute the callback associated with the current menu item

Tricks

• How to get the url/uri of the current page
  http://www.devdaily.com/drupal/theme-how-get-uri-current-drupal-page
  http://drupal.org/node/27732

• To return the full url with ? and aliased path

global $base_root;
$vars['feed_url'] = $base_root . request_uri();