Question

Am new to Drupal , so please excuse if am missing anything obvious.
Can we programmatically lookup a block using the description instead of id ?

Currently am using :

module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 17);

I wish to use something like

module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 'myBlockName');

Any thoughts ?

Answer 1

The “View” Operation of block hook, does a lookup in the database based on “bid”

"SELECT body, format FROM {boxes} WHERE bid = {$delta}"

So you will not be able to call a block by its name unless you override the hook. ie create your own