Contributions API

update.module

Version

1.17.2.1 (checked in on 2008/09/23 at 10:19:02 by goba)

Description

The "Update status" module checks for available updates of Drupal core and any installed contributed modules and themes. It warns site administrators if newer releases are available via the system status report (admin/reports/status), the module and theme pages, and optionally via email.

Constants

Name	Description
UPDATE_CURRENT	Project is up to date.
UPDATE_DEFAULT_URL	URL to check for updates, if a given project doesn't define its own.
UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED	Project's status cannot be checked.
UPDATE_NOT_CURRENT	Project has a new release available, but it is not a security release.
UPDATE_NOT_SECURE	Project is missing security update(s).
UPDATE_NOT_SUPPORTED	Current release is no longer supported by the project maintainer.
UPDATE_REVOKED	Current release has been unpublished and is no longer available.
UPDATE_UNKNOWN	No available update data was found for project.

Functions

Name	Description
update_cron	Implementation of hook_cron().
update_flush_caches	Implementation of hook_flush_caches().
update_form_alter	Implementation of hook_form_alter().
update_get_available	Internal helper to try to get the update information from the cache if possible, and to refresh the cache when necessary.
update_help	Implementation of hook_help().
update_invalidate_cache	Invalidates any cached data relating to update status.
update_mail	Implementation of hook_mail().
update_menu	Implementation of hook_menu().
update_refresh	Wrapper to load the include file and then refresh the release data.
update_requirements	Implementation of hook_requirements. See also_update_message_text()
update_theme	Implementation of the hook_theme() registry.
_update_message_text	Helper function to return the appropriate message text when the site is out of date or missing a security update.
_update_no_data	Prints a warning message when there is no data about available updates.
_update_project_status_sort	Private sort function to order projects based on their status. See alsoupdate_requirements()
_update_requirement_check	Private helper method to fill in the requirements array.