Menu Export

Drupal 7 module to export menus easily. Also provides an import function.

Menu Export generates a piece of PHP code which you can store, for example inside a simple .inc file provided by your module. This module also provides an interface to import any of this piece of php code . This module is fully inspired by view and panel export features.

Features

Export menu tab.
Import menu tab.
Import function to use inside your own code.

Similar modules

Menu Import : The main difference beetwen Menu export and Menu Export/Import is the kind of exported data . Menu Export provide an object structure which helps to import more efficiently, thus a simple cut-and-paste is enough to regenerate to menu. It is also possible to store the data provided inside a file and call the menu_export_menu_import() function inside you hook_install (for example). Menu export aims to provide a structure close to export features provided by ctools or view.

We would recommend you to use Menu Export if you need something to deploy faster your project. Nethertheless you should probably have a look to Menu Export/Import if you need something readable and understandable by non-tech person.

Possible improvements

Create a way to be able to revert any changes on a menu, something like the revert feature provided by view. Make this module compatible with drush :

drush menu-import
drush menu-export
drush menu revert
and so forth ...

Requirements

Drupal 7 (with the core module "Menu" enabled)

Known issues

No conflicts, no incompatibilities or bug known so far.

Export menu

Go to admin/structure/menu
Choose your menu to export (edit menu)
Click on "Export Menu" tab
Copy / Paste the code into a file

Import menu

An export file generated by this module creates an object $menu.

You can import this object with the function menu_export_menu_import($menu)

Example of awesome import

  $filepath = drupal_get_path('module', 'my_module') . '/menus';
  $files = drupal_system_listing('/\.inc$/', $filepath, 'name', 0);

  foreach($files as $file) {
    include_once $filepath . "/" . $file->filename;
    menu_export_menu_import($menu);
  }

With that piece of code you will be able to import a bunch of menus : just put some .inc files into a directory called menus inside your module my_module.

HamsterZilla62/drupal_menu_export