Recent Nodes Module

ew_recent_nodes.module

<?php

/**
 * Implementation of hook_init().
 *
 * Displays a diagnostic message to the user.
 */
function ew_recent_nodes_init() {
    $message = t("The Recent Nodes module is enabled!");
    drupal_set_message($message);
}

/**
 * Implements hook_menu().
 */
function ew_recent_nodes_menu() {
  $items = array();
  $items['recent-nodes'] = array(
    'title' => 'Recently Added Nodes',
    'page callback' => 'ew_recent_nodes_listing',
    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK, //this is the default type
    'access callback' => 'user_access', //this is the default access callback
    'access arguments' => array('view recent nodes'), //by default all users have this permission
  );
  //dpm($items);
  return $items;
}     
            
/*              
 * Implements hook_permission().
 *                      
 * Adds a permission to view recent nodes.
 */     
function ew_recent_nodes_permission() {
  $perm = array(
    'view recent nodes' => array(
      'title' => 'View Recent Nodes',
    ),
  );
  return $perm;
}   


/*
 * Display a list of recent nodes.
 * 
 */
function ew_recent_nodes_listing() {
  $result = db_query("SELECT nid, type, title, uid, created FROM {node} ORDER BY created DESC LIMIT 10");
  foreach ($result as $node_data) {
    //dpm($node_data);
    $nodes[] = array($node_data->nid, check_plain($node_data->title), $node_data->uid, $node_data->created);
  }
  if (isset($nodes)) {
    return array(
      '#theme' => 'table',
      '#header' => array('Owner NID', 'Title', 'Owner UID', 'Created'),
      '#rows' => $nodes,
    );
  } else {
    return "";
  }
}

/*
 * Implements hook_block_info()
 * Adds a custom block to display recent nodes
 */
function ew_recent_nodes_block_info() {
  $blocks['recent-nodes'] = array(
    'info' => t('Recent Nodes'),
  );
  return $blocks;
}

function ew_recent_nodes_block_view($delta = '') {
  $block = array();

  switch ($delta) {
    case 'recent-nodes':
      $block['subject'] = t('Recent Nodes');
      $block['content'] = ew_recent_nodes_list();
      break;

  }
    return $block;
}


function ew_recent_nodes_list() {
  $result = db_query("SELECT nid, type, title, uid, created FROM {node} ORDER BY created DESC LIMIT 10");
  foreach ($result as $node_data) {
    $nodes[] = array($node_data->title);
  }
  if (isset($nodes)) {
    return array(
      '#theme' => 'item_list',
      '#items' => $nodes,
      '#type' => 'ul',
    );
  } else {
    return "";
  }
}