Hook-Theme on despatcheshttps://icle.es/tags/hook-theme/Recent content in Hook-Theme on despatchesHugoenFri, 20 Jun 2025 08:42:17 +0100hook_theme doesn't get calledhttps://icle.es/2011/02/22/hook_theme-doesnt-get-called/Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:20:11 +0000https://icle.es/2011/02/22/hook_theme-doesnt-get-called/<p>I was developing a new module in drupal and it needed a theme function to be implemented.</p> <p>As per the instructions, it was implemented as follows (to use a template)</p> ```phg /** * Implementation of hook_theme(). */ function my_module_results_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) { return array( 'my_block' => array( 'template' => 'my_block', 'arguments' => array( 'var1' => NULL ) ) ); } ``` <p>However, when trying to apply the theme, it didn&rsquo;t work. I tried various things and identified that the hook above was just not being called. A little bit of digging helped me discover that themes are cached. This happens even in the dev mode. To resolve this, go to</p>I was developing a new module in drupal and it needed a theme function to be implemented.

As per the instructions, it was implemented as follows (to use a template)

```phg /** * Implementation of hook_theme(). */ function my_module_results_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) { return array( 'my_block' => array( 'template' => 'my_block', 'arguments' => array( 'var1' => NULL ) ) ); } ```

However, when trying to apply the theme, it didn’t work. I tried various things and identified that the hook above was just not being called. A little bit of digging helped me discover that themes are cached. This happens even in the dev mode. To resolve this, go to

Administer  -> Performance -> Clear Cached Data (right at the bottom of the page)

and et voila my theme was now being utilised.

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