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Drupal 6 is the Drupal version released on February 13, 2008. Rather than using this tag, consider posting your question directly on https://drupal.stackexchange.com/.

Drupal 6 is the Drupal version released on February 13, 2008.
It will be officially supported until Drupal 8 has reached its first official release. After that bugs and security issues will no be longer be fixed for Drupal 6.

See for more information about Drupal.

Requirements

  • Web server: Apache, Nginx, or Microsoft IIS
  • Database server: MySQL 4.1 or higher, PostgreSQL 7.1
  • PHP: PHP 4.4.0 or higher (5.3 recommended)

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Throwing exceptions in a PHP Try Catch block

I have a PHP function in a Drupal 6 .module file. I am attempting to run initial variable validations prior to executing more intensive tasks (such as database queries). In C#, I used to implement IF statements at the beginning of my Try block that…
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Drupal behaviors

What are Drupal behaviors at all? What type of service layer it offers to module developers? What type of relation it maps to jQuery.ready?
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How do I use theme preprocessor functions for my own templates?

I have several .tpl.php files for nodes, CCK fields, and Views theming. These template files have a lot of logic in them to move things around, strip links, create new links, etc. I understand that this is bad development and not "The Drupal…
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How do I get the path of the current drupal theme?

The Drupal API has drupal_get_path($type, $name) which will give the path of any particular theme or module. What if I want the path of the current theme?
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How to hide Edit | View tabs?

Can I hide the Edit | View tabs on top of each node ? I've searched for this option in theme settings (both global and standard theme but I couldn't find it). I still want to be able my customer to edit / administer content, so I cannot just…
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How do I programmatically apply a Drupal input filter?

I am currently exporting Drupal data to an external source (XML) programmatically. However, I want the data to run through the site's default Input Format (the filter that runs before user content is displayed on the website) before being written to…
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Upgrading from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7: best programmer's practices?

Although I am using drupal since the D4 series, I only started developing professionally for it with D6, so - despite I did various site upgrades - I was never faced by the task of having to port my own code to a new version. I know the Drupal…
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"Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site administrator"

I get the following error message in admin/user/user: Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site administrator if the problem persists. Is this error caused by the fact I haven't an email service installed on my server? thanks Update: I now…
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get vocabulary id by name

I can retrieve a vocabulary id directly from DB, but is there a built in function for this? for example: i have a vocabulary called "listing", i need that built in function takes "listing" as function argument, and return a vid. i am using drupal…
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How to change the label of the default value (-Any-) of an exposed filter in Drupal Views?

I created a view which has three exposed filters. Everything works fine except the fact that I can neither translate or change the default string (-Any-) for the dropdowns. Is there a way to change this string to something more meaningful like…
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Simulate a click in a Google Map

I'm trying to simulate a user click on a Google Map, using API v3, after I geolocate their position when they write down their address. I used to do: google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'click', { latLng: new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng) }); But now…
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Drupal Views exposed filter of Author name as a drop down

This is a follow up question to Drupal Views exposed filter of Author name. The following question was answered and works. I can filter a view by user name. The user name is entered is entered by typing in a box and the box then auto completes.…
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Can someone explain "access arguments" in Drupal?

Can someone explain "access arguments" in Drupal? Trust me I have tried Googling it but I am just not getting a clear grasp.
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Drupal 7 programming advancements, differences from Drupal 6 upgrade or wait

I was just wondering if there were any changes in the Drupal 7 code that effect server load and speed for large sites. Also, with 7 nearing beta release, should I wait to build the sites with Drupal 7? I'm a future kinda guy. I would like to be able…
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Drupal: Views: how to group fields

I've created a views of node and I've selected the "fields" option in order to select which fields to display and in which order. Is there a way to group such fields ? It would be very useful to have parent divs in my html code. thanks
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