Make a Module: A Hands-on Intro to Module Development

In the presentation, I showed a .info file and a .module file. Here they are.

paris.info

;$Id$

name = Paris
;package = paris
description = Example of how to build modules.
core = 6.x
php = 5.2
;dependencies[] = autoload


Update: To see the PHP code with syntax highlighting, see this DrupalBin entry: http://drupalbin.com/11276

paris.module

<?php
// $Id$

/**
* The main file for paris.
* @file
*/

/**
* Implementation of hook_help().
*/
function paris_help($path, $args) {
if ($path == 'admin/help#paris') {
return t('This is an %foo example !another module.',
array('%foo' => 'extra-cool', '!another' => 'test'));
}
}

/**
* Implementation of hook_block().
*/
function paris_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = NULL) {
switch ($op) {
case 'list':
// Declare names of deltas: $blocks['delta'] = array()
$blocks['paris_block'] = array(
'info' => t('Paris Block'),
);
$blocks['paris_block2'] = array(
'info' => t('Paris Block2'),
);
return $blocks;
case 'view':
// Create content. Usually, this will use $delta.
if($delta == 'paris_block') {
$block['subject'] = t('Subject');
$block['content'] = t('Op: %op, Delta: %delta',
array('%op' => $op, '%delta' => $delta));
}
elseif ($delta == 'paris_block2') {
$block['subject'] = t('Kittens are cute');
$block['content'] = t('Hi');
}

return $block;
}
}


For a much more elaborate example of the block code, you can take a look at the book Learning Durpal 6 Module Development.