Using hook_menu to add a child to a menu item

Question

So I create a menu item called Sponsorship in administration in the following way:

function eac_sponsorship_menu() { $items['admin/sponsorship'] = array( 'title' => 'Sponsorship', 'description' => 'This is where all of the child sponnsorship data is stored', 'page callback' => 'system_admin_menu_block_page', 'file path' => drupal_get_path('module', 'system'), 'file' => 'system.admin.inc', 'access callback' => 'user_access', 'access arguments' => array('access sponsorship section'), 'plid' => 1, 'weight' => -500, 'expanded' => TRUE, ); return $items; }

If I want to create another menu item directly after this, in the same function, how do I make it a child to this previously defined 'Sponsorship' menu item?

I have seen examples that use a DB lookup to get the plid value. This seems a bit counter intuitive bearing in mind I've only just created the Sponsorship menu item, is there a simple way to do this using the API?

For example

$items['admin/sponsorship/child'] = array( 'plid' => //simple API function to get admin/sponsorship mid? }

Edit

I think I've just answered my own question...I don't need to define plid, the path of the array $items is enough:

$items['admin/sponsorship/child']

Is this correct?

I think I've just answered my own question...I don't need to give plid, the path in $items is enough. Is this correct? — Scott Lawrence
– Scott Lawrence, Commented Feb 6, 2013 at 21:51
Yes, the url path should suffice for the default menu hierarchy there. — David Thomas
– David Thomas, Commented Feb 6, 2013 at 21:53

David Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06 22:00:53Z

An example child item would just fall under the parent item in the path hierarchy, no need for plid.

e.g

 $items['admin/sponsorship/child'] = array( 'title' => 'Sponsor child', 'description' => 'This is where all of the child sponsorship data is stored', 'page callback' => 'mymodule_sponsor_child_page', 'access arguments' => array('access sponsorship section'), 'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM );

system_menu has some good examples of menu item containers, using system_admin_menu_block_page, e.g admin/appearance/*

Make sure you clear menu cache to get any new menu item to show up there.

How about if you cannot have it naturally fall under the item, like in the case of <nolink> items? — DrCord
– DrCord, Commented Oct 31, 2014 at 16:15
Exactly, that is the same problem I am having DrCord. And I think the solution lies with specifying the "plid", but I'm not sure. I opened a new question regarding it, here: stackoverflow.com/questions/33646421/… — rockstardev
– rockstardev, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 8:31
Sometimes you have to re-enable a module to make hierarchical changes effective. — bloke_zero
– bloke_zero, Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 11:18

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