Drupal token

• token actions module
• placeholder tokens
• home-> administer-> site building-> triggers
• pathauto is classic example of how you use token

consume tokens inside module

• consuming module
• token_replace( $orig_version_of_text, $type = 'global', $object = NULL);
  • $type specifies scope
  • diferent tokens can be parsed out of different objects, like a namespace.
• token_replace_multiple(
  • get global tokens, or node tokens
• provide tokens
  • hook_token_list()- here's everything that my module will provide to you
  • hook_token_values() -
    • should default to blank strings, or else the end user will see the token