#324313 by catch, Damien Tournoud, chx: performance improvement, load multiple nodes and terms at once.

From: Damien Tournoud <damien@tournoud.net>


---

 modules/book/book.module                      |   19 +-
 modules/book/book.test                        |    2 
 modules/comment/comment.module                |   25 ++-
 modules/dblog/dblog.test                      |    2 
 modules/filter/filter.test                    |    2 
 modules/forum/forum.module                    |   31 ++-
 modules/forum/forum.test                      |    2 
 modules/node/node.module                      |  223 +++++++++++++++++--------
 modules/node/node.test                        |   84 +++++++++
 modules/path/path.module                      |   14 +-
 modules/path/path.test                        |    6 -
 modules/poll/poll.module                      |   55 +++---
 modules/poll/poll.test                        |    2 
 modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php   |   16 ++
 modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module |    6 -
 modules/system/system.test                    |    2 
 modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module              |  167 +++++++++++++++++--
 modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test                |   62 +++++++
 modules/translation/translation.test          |    4 
 modules/trigger/trigger.test                  |    4 
 modules/upload/upload.module                  |    9 +
 21 files changed, 566 insertions(+), 171 deletions(-)


diff --git modules/book/book.module modules/book/book.module
index 599a964..85e3b66 100644
--- modules/book/book.module
+++ modules/book/book.module
@@ -705,18 +705,13 @@ function book_build_active_trail($book_link) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function book_nodeapi_load(&$node, $teaser, $page) {
-  // Note - we cannot use book_link_load() because it will call node_load().
-  $info['book'] = db_query('SELECT * FROM {book} b INNER JOIN {menu_links} ml ON b.mlid = ml.mlid WHERE b.nid = :nid', array(
-    ':nid' => $node->nid
-  ))->fetchAssoc();
-
-  if ($info['book']) {
-    $info['book']['href'] = $info['book']['link_path'];
-    $info['book']['title'] = $info['book']['link_title'];
-    $info['book']['options'] = unserialize($info['book']['options']);
-
-    return $info;
+function book_nodeapi_load($nodes) {
+  $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {book} b INNER JOIN {menu_links} ml ON b.mlid = ml.mlid WHERE b.nid IN (" . db_placeholders(array_keys($nodes)) . ")",  array_keys($nodes), array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC));
+  foreach ($result as $record) {
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->book = $record;
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->book['href'] = $record['link_path'];
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->book['title'] = $record['link_title'];
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->book['options'] = unserialize($record['options']);
   }
 }
 
diff --git modules/book/book.test modules/book/book.test
index 5d0f668..ab1c825 100644
--- modules/book/book.test
+++ modules/book/book.test
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class BookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
 
     // Check to make sure the book node was created.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertNotNull(($node === FALSE ? NULL : $node), t('Book node found in database.'));
     $number++;
 
diff --git modules/comment/comment.module modules/comment/comment.module
index 0706850..0acfb50 100644
--- modules/comment/comment.module
+++ modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -579,11 +579,28 @@ function comment_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function comment_nodeapi_load(&$node, $arg = 0) {
-  if ($node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED) {
-    return db_query('SELECT last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, comment_count FROM {node_comment_statistics} WHERE nid = :nid', array(':nid' => $node->nid))->fetchAssoc();
+function comment_nodeapi_load($nodes, $types) {
+  $comments_enabled = array();
+
+  // If comments are disabled, add some default values.
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    $node->last_comment_timestamp = $node->created;
+    $node->last_comment_name = '';
+    $node->comment_count = 0;
+    if ($node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED) {
+      $comments_enabled[] = $node->nid;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If comments are enabled, fetch information from the database.
+  if (!empty($comments_enabled)) {
+    $result = db_query('SELECT nid, last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, comment_count FROM {node_comment_statistics} WHERE nid IN(' . db_placeholders($comments_enabled) . ')', $comments_enabled);
+    foreach ($result as $record) {
+      $nodes[$record->nid]->last_comment_timestamp = $record->last_comment_timestamp;
+      $nodes[$record->nid]->last_comment_name = $record->last_comment_name;
+      $nodes[$record->nid]->comment_count = $record->comment_count;
+    }
   }
-  return array('last_comment_timestamp' => $node->created, 'last_comment_name' => '', 'comment_count' => 0);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/dblog/dblog.test modules/dblog/dblog.test
index ec20437..da60fd7 100644
--- modules/dblog/dblog.test
+++ modules/dblog/dblog.test
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class DBLogTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/' . $type, $edit, t('Save'));
     $this->assertResponse(200);
     // Retrieve node object.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $title));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($title);
     $this->assertTrue($node != null, t('Node @title was loaded', array('@title' => $title)));
     // Edit node.
     $edit = $this->getContentUpdate($type);
diff --git modules/filter/filter.test modules/filter/filter.test
index 6bfc39c..4791720 100644
--- modules/filter/filter.test
+++ modules/filter/filter.test
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class FilterAdminTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/page', $edit, t('Save'));
     $this->assertRaw(t('Page %title has been created.', array('%title' => $edit['title'])), t('Filtered node created.'));
 
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, t('Node found in database.'));
 
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
diff --git modules/forum/forum.module modules/forum/forum.module
index ac82a1d..fd05051 100644
--- modules/forum/forum.module
+++ modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -341,11 +341,25 @@ function forum_nodeapi_delete(&$node, $teaser, $page) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function forum_nodeapi_load(&$node, $teaser, $page) {
+function forum_nodeapi_load($nodes, $types) {
   $vid = variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', '');
-  $vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vid);
-  if (_forum_nodeapi_check_node_type($node, $vocabulary)) {
-    return db_fetch_array(db_query('SELECT tid AS forum_tid FROM {forum} WHERE vid = %d', $node->vid));
+  // If no forum vocabulary is set up, return.
+  if (!$vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vid)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $vids = array();
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    if (isset($vocabulary->nodes[$node->type])) {
+      $vids[] = $node->vid;
+      $node->forum = array();
+    }
+  }
+  if (!empty($vids)) {
+    $result = db_query('SELECT nid, tid  FROM {forum} WHERE vid IN(' . db_placeholders($vids) . ')', $vids);
+    foreach ($result as $record) {
+      $nodes[$record->nid]->forum_tid = $record->tid;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -452,15 +466,6 @@ function forum_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implementation of hook_load().
- */
-function forum_load($node) {
-  $forum = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT * FROM {term_node} WHERE vid = %d', $node->vid));
-
-  return $forum;
-}
-
-/**
  * Implementation of hook_block().
  *
  * Generates a block containing the currently active forum topics and the
diff --git modules/forum/forum.test modules/forum/forum.test
index 7d0aeeb..9fe590d 100644
--- modules/forum/forum.test
+++ modules/forum/forum.test
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class ForumTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
 
     // Retrieve node object.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $title), null, true); // Are these last two parameters necessary?
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($title);
     $this->assertTrue($node != null, t('Node @title was loaded', array('@title' => $title)));
 
     // View forum topic.
diff --git modules/node/node.module modules/node/node.module
index 422ab62..156e9d7 100644
--- modules/node/node.module
+++ modules/node/node.module
@@ -730,93 +730,169 @@ function node_invoke_nodeapi(&$node, $op, $a3 = NULL, $a4 = NULL) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Load a node object from the database.
+ * Load node objects from the database.
+ *
+ * This function should be used whenever you need to load more than one node
+ * from the database. Nodes are loaded into memory and will not require
+ * database access if loaded again during the same page request.
+ * If you need to display the nodes in a specific order, you should use
+ * the $nids array passed in to the function to access the objects once they're
+ * loaded, since the $nodes array itself may not be ordered consistently.
  *
- * @param $param
- *   Either the nid of the node or an array of conditions to match against in the database query
- * @param $revision
- *   Which numbered revision to load. Defaults to the current version.
+ * @param $nids
+ *   An array of node IDs.
+ * @param $conditions
+ *   An array of conditions on the {node} table in the form 'field' => $value.
  * @param $reset
  *   Whether to reset the internal node_load cache.
  *
  * @return
- *   A fully-populated node object.
+ *   An array of node objects indexed by nid.
  */
-function node_load($param = array(), $revision = NULL, $reset = NULL) {
-  static $nodes = array();
-
+function node_load_multiple($nids = array(), $conditions = array(), $reset = FALSE) {
+  static $node_cache = array();
   if ($reset) {
-    $nodes = array();
+    $node_cache = array();
+  }
+  $nodes = array();
+
+  // Revisions are not statically cached, and require a different query to
+  // other conditions, so separate vid into its own variable.
+  $vid = isset($conditions['vid']) ? $conditions['vid'] : FALSE;
+  unset($conditions['vid']);
+
+  // Load any available nodes from the internal cache.
+  // Store whether $nids was passed, so that if all specified nodes are
+  // already in the cache we can return them without hitting the database.
+  $nids_was_passed = !empty($nids) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  if ($nids_was_passed && $node_cache && !$vid) {
+    foreach ($nids as $key => $nid) {
+      if (isset($node_cache[$nid])) {
+        $nodes[$nid] = $node_cache[$nid];
+        // Remove from the remaining nodes to be loaded.
+        unset($nids[$key]);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  $cachable = ($revision == NULL);
-  $arguments = array();
-  if (is_numeric($param)) {
-    if ($cachable) {
-      // Is the node statically cached?
-      if (isset($nodes[$param])) {
-        return is_object($nodes[$param]) ? clone $nodes[$param] : $nodes[$param];
+  // If there are conditions to query against, load nodes from the cache
+  // where possible, then remove any which don't match.
+  if ($conditions && $node_cache && !$vid) {
+    // Since nids and conditions are ANDed together in the database
+    // query, only load nodes from cache if no nids were passed.
+    if (!$nids_was_passed) {
+      $nodes = $node_cache;
+    }
+    // Conditions are ANDed together, so exclude nodes that fail to match
+    // any individual condition.
+    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+      $node_values = (array) $node;
+      if (array_diff_assoc($conditions, $node_values)) {
+        unset($nodes[$node->nid]);
       }
     }
-    $cond = 'n.nid = %d';
-    $arguments[] = $param;
   }
-  elseif (is_array($param)) {
-    // Turn the conditions into a query.
-    foreach ($param as $key => $value) {
-      $cond[] = 'n.' . db_escape_table($key) . " = '%s'";
-      $arguments[] = $value;
+
+  // Load any remaining nodes from the database. This is the case if there are
+  // any $nids left to load, if loading a revision, or if $conditions was
+  // passed without $nids.
+  if ($nids || $vid || ($conditions && !$nids_was_passed)) {
+    $query = db_select('node', 'n');
+
+    if ($vid) {
+      $query->join('node_revisions', 'r', 'r.nid = n.nid AND r.vid = :vid', array(':vid' => $vid));
     }
-    $cond = implode(' AND ', $cond);
-  }
-  else {
-    return FALSE;
-  }
+    else {
+      $query->join('node_revisions', 'r', 'r.vid = n.vid');
+    }
+    $query->join('users', 'u', 'u.uid = n.uid');
 
-  // Retrieve a field list based on the site's schema.
-  $fields = drupal_schema_fields_sql('node', 'n');
-  $fields = array_merge($fields, drupal_schema_fields_sql('node_revisions', 'r'));
-  $fields = array_merge($fields, array('u.name', 'u.picture', 'u.data'));
-  // Remove fields not needed in the query: n.vid and r.nid are redundant,
-  // n.title is unnecessary because the node title comes from the
-  // node_revisions table.  We'll keep r.vid, r.title, and n.nid.
-  $fields = array_diff($fields, array('n.vid', 'n.title', 'r.nid'));
-  $fields = implode(', ', $fields);
-  // Rename timestamp field for clarity.
-  $fields = str_replace('r.timestamp', 'r.timestamp AS revision_timestamp', $fields);
-  // Change name of revision uid so it doesn't conflict with n.uid.
-  $fields = str_replace('r.uid', 'r.uid AS revision_uid', $fields);
-
-  // Retrieve the node.
-  // No db_rewrite_sql is applied so as to get complete indexing for search.
-  if ($revision) {
-    array_unshift($arguments, $revision);
-    $node = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT ' . $fields . ' FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON u.uid = n.uid INNER JOIN {node_revisions} r ON r.nid = n.nid AND r.vid = %d WHERE ' . $cond, $arguments));
-  }
-  else {
-    $node = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT ' . $fields . ' FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON u.uid = n.uid INNER JOIN {node_revisions} r ON r.vid = n.vid WHERE ' . $cond, $arguments));
-  }
+    // Add fields from the {node} table.
+    $node_fields = drupal_schema_fields_sql('node');
+
+    // vid and title are provided by node_revisions, so remove them.
+    unset($node_fields['vid']);
+    unset($node_fields['title']);
+    $query->fields('n', $node_fields);
 
-  if ($node && $node->nid) {
-    // Call the node specific callback (if any) and piggy-back the
-    // results to the node or overwrite some values.
-    if ($extra = node_invoke($node, 'load')) {
-      foreach ($extra as $key => $value) {
-        $node->$key = $value;
+    // Add all fields from the {node_revisions} table.
+    $node_revision_fields = drupal_schema_fields_sql('node_revisions');
+
+    // nid is provided by node, so remove it.
+    unset($node_revision_fields['nid']);
+
+    // Change timestamp to revisions_timestamp before adding it to the query.
+    unset($node_revision_fields['timestamp']);
+    $query->addField('r', 'timestamp', 'revision_timestamp');
+    $query->fields('r', $node_revision_fields);
+
+    // Add fields from the {users} table.
+    $user_fields = array('name', 'picture', 'data');
+    $query->fields('u', $user_fields);
+
+    if ($nids) {
+      $query->condition('n.nid', $nids, 'IN');
+    }
+    if ($conditions) {
+      foreach ($conditions as $field => $value) {
+        $query->condition('n.' . $field, $value);
       }
     }
+    $queried_nodes = $query->execute()->fetchAllAssoc('nid');
+  }
 
-    if ($extra = node_invoke_nodeapi($node, 'load')) {
-      foreach ($extra as $key => $value) {
-        $node->$key = $value;
+  // Pass all nodes loaded from the database through the node type specific
+  // callbacks and hook_nodeapi_load(), then add them to the internal cache.
+  if (!empty($queried_nodes)) {
+    // Create an array of nodes for each content type and pass this to the
+    // node type specific callback.
+    $typed_nodes = array();
+    foreach ($queried_nodes as $nid => $node) {
+      $typed_nodes[$node->type][$nid] = $node;
+    }
+
+    // Call node type specific callbacks on each typed array of nodes.
+    foreach ($typed_nodes as $type => $nodes_of_type) {
+      if (node_hook($type, 'load')) {
+        $function = node_get_types('base', $type) . '_load';
+        $function($nodes_of_type);
       }
     }
-    if ($cachable) {
-      $nodes[$node->nid] = is_object($node) ? clone $node : $node;
+
+    // Call hook_nodeapi_load(), pass the node types so modules can return early
+    // if not acting on types in the array.
+    foreach (module_implements('nodeapi_load') as $module) {
+      $function = $module . '_nodeapi_load';
+      $function($queried_nodes, array_keys($typed_nodes));
+    }
+    $nodes += $queried_nodes;
+    // Add nodes to the cache if we're not loading a revision.
+    if (!$vid) {
+      $node_cache += $queried_nodes;
     }
   }
 
-  return $node;
+  return $nodes;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a node object from the database.
+ *
+ * @param $nid
+ *   The node ID.
+ * @param $vid
+ *   The revision ID.
+ * @param $reset
+ *   Whether to reset the internal node_load cache.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A fully-populated node object.
+ */
+function node_load($nid, $vid = array(), $reset = FALSE) {
+  $vid = isset($vid) ? array('vid' => $vid) : NULL;
+  $node = node_load_multiple(array($nid), $vid, $reset);
+
+  return $node ? $node[$nid] : FALSE;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1822,16 +1898,17 @@ function node_feed($nids = FALSE, $channel = array()) {
  * Menu callback; Generate a listing of promoted nodes.
  */
 function node_page_default() {
-  $result = pager_query(db_rewrite_sql('SELECT n.nid, n.sticky, n.created FROM {node} n WHERE n.promote = 1 AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY n.sticky DESC, n.created DESC'), variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10));
-
-  $output = '';
-  $num_rows = FALSE;
-  while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $output .= node_view(node_load($node->nid), 1);
-    $num_rows = TRUE;
-  }
+  $nids = pager_query(db_rewrite_sql('SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n WHERE n.promote = 1 AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY n.sticky DESC, n.created DESC'), variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10))->fetchCol();
+  if (!empty($nids)) {
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple($nids);
+    $output = '';
+    // We need to keep the order of $nids intact, which cannot be guaranteed with the nodes returned from node_load_multiple().
+    foreach ($nids as $nid) {
+      if (isset($nodes[$nid])) {
+        $output .= node_view($nodes[$nid], TRUE);
+      }
+    }
 
-  if ($num_rows) {
     $feed_url = url('rss.xml', array('absolute' => TRUE));
     drupal_add_feed($feed_url, variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal') . ' ' . t('RSS'));
     $output .= theme('pager', NULL, variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10));
diff --git modules/node/node.test modules/node/node.test
index f212598..a2f6562 100644
--- modules/node/node.test
+++ modules/node/node.test
@@ -1,6 +1,86 @@
 <?php
 // $Id: node.test,v 1.7 2008-10-11 18:29:20 webchick Exp $
 
+/**
+ * Test the node_load_multiple() function.
+ */
+class NodeLoadMultipleUnitTest extends DrupalWebTestCase {
+
+  function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => t('Load multiple nodes'),
+      'description' => t('Test the loading of multiple nodes.'),
+      'group' => t('Node'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $web_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('create article content', 'create page content'));
+    $this->drupalLogin($web_user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create four nodes and ensure they're loaded correctly.
+   */
+  function testNodeMultipleLoad() {
+    $node1 = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('type' => 'article', 'promote' => 1));
+    $node2 = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('type' => 'article', 'promote' => 1));
+    $node3 = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('type' => 'article', 'promote' => 0));
+    $node4 = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('type' => 'page', 'promote' => 0));
+
+    // Confirm that promoted nodes appear in the default node listing.
+    $this->drupalGet('node');
+    $this->assertText($node1->title, t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertText($node2->title, t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($node3->title, t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($node4->title, t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
+
+    // Load nodes with only a condition. Nodes 3 and 4 will be loaded.
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(NULL, array('promote' => 0));
+    $this->assertEqual($node3->title, $nodes[$node3->nid]->title, t('Node was loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($node4->title, $nodes[$node4->nid]->title, t('Node was loaded.'));
+    $count = count($nodes);
+    $this->assertTrue($count == 2, t('@count nodes loaded.', array('@count' => $count)));
+
+    // Load nodes by nid. Nodes 1, 2 and 4 will be loaded.
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 4));
+    $count = count($nodes);
+    $this->assertTrue(count($nodes) == 3, t('@count nodes loaded', array('@count' => $count)));
+    $this->assertTrue(isset($nodes[$node1->nid]), t('Node is correctly keyed in the array'));
+    $this->assertTrue(isset($nodes[$node2->nid]), t('Node is correctly keyed in the array'));
+    $this->assertTrue(isset($nodes[$node4->nid]), t('Node is correctly keyed in the array'));
+    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+      $this->assertTrue(is_object($node), t('Node is an object'));
+    }
+
+    // Load nodes by nid, where type = article. Nodes 1, 2 and 3 will be loaded.
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article'));
+    $count = count($nodes);
+    $this->assertTrue($count == 3, t('@count nodes loaded', array('@count' => $count)));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->title, $node1->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->title, $node2->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($nodes[$node4->nid]));
+
+    // Now that all nodes have been loaded into the static cache, ensure that
+    // they are loaded correctly again when a condition is passed.
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article'));
+    $count = count($nodes);
+    $this->assertTrue($count == 3, t('@count nodes loaded.', array('@count' => $count)));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->title, $node1->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->title, $node2->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($nodes[$node4->nid]), t('Node was not loaded'));
+
+    // Load nodes by nid, where type = article and promote = 0.
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article', 'promote' => 0));
+    $count = count($nodes);
+    $this->assertTrue($count == 1, t('@count node loaded', array('@count' => $count)));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+  }
+}
+
 class NodeRevisionsTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   protected $nodes;
   protected $logs;
@@ -273,7 +353,7 @@ class PageEditTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/page', $edit, t('Save'));
 
     // Check that the node exists in the database.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, t('Node found in database.'));
 
     // Check that "edit" link points to correct page.
@@ -379,7 +459,7 @@ class PageCreationTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertRaw(t('!post %title has been created.', array('!post' => 'Page', '%title' => $edit['title'])), t('Page created.'));
 
     // Check that the node exists in the database.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, t('Node found in database.'));
   }
 }
diff --git modules/path/path.module modules/path/path.module
index 06f7d0a..f27f124 100644
--- modules/path/path.module
+++ modules/path/path.module
@@ -135,12 +135,14 @@ function path_nodeapi_validate(&$node, $arg) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function path_nodeapi_load(&$node, $arg) {
-  $language = isset($node->language) ? $node->language : '';
-  $path = 'node/' . $node->nid;
-  $alias = drupal_get_path_alias($path, $language);
-  if ($path != $alias) {
-    $node->path = $alias;
+function path_nodeapi_load($nodes, $types) {
+  foreach($nodes as $node) {
+    $language = isset($node->language) ? $node->language : '';
+    $path = 'node/' . $node->nid;
+    $alias = drupal_get_path_alias($path, $language);
+    if ($path != $alias) {
+      $node->path = $alias;
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git modules/path/path.test modules/path/path.test
index 0c66d04..809e647 100644
--- modules/path/path.test
+++ modules/path/path.test
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class PathTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/page', $edit, t('Save'));
 
     // Check to make sure the node was created.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
 
     $this->assertNotNull(($node === FALSE ? NULL : $node), 'Node found in database. %s');
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class PathLanguageTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/page', $edit, t('Save'));
 
     // Check to make sure the node was created.
-    $english_node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $english_node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue(($english_node), 'Node found in database.');
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class PathLanguageTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     // Ensure the node was created.
     // Check to make sure the node was created.
-    $french_node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $french_node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue(($french_node), 'Node found in database.');
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
diff --git modules/poll/poll.module modules/poll/poll.module
index 91e1ea7..988d6e4 100644
--- modules/poll/poll.module
+++ modules/poll/poll.module
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@ function poll_block($op = 'list', $delta = '') {
     }
     elseif ($op == 'view') {
       // Retrieve the latest poll.
-      $sql = db_rewrite_sql("SELECT MAX(n.created) FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {poll} p ON p.nid = n.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND p.active = 1");
-      $timestamp = db_result(db_query($sql));
-      if ($timestamp) {
-        $poll = node_load(array('type' => 'poll', 'created' => $timestamp, 'status' => 1));
-
+      $sql = db_rewrite_sql("SELECT MAX(n.created), n.nid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {poll} p ON p.nid = n.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND p.active = 1 GROUP BY n.nid");
+      $record = db_query($sql)->fetch();
+      if ($record) {
+        $poll = node_load($record->nid);
         if ($poll->nid) {
           $poll = poll_view($poll, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
         }
@@ -451,35 +450,35 @@ function poll_validate($node) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_load().
  */
-function poll_load($node) {
+function poll_load($nodes) {
   global $user;
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    $poll = db_query("SELECT runtime, active FROM {poll} WHERE nid = :nid", array(':nid' => $node->nid))->fetch();
 
-  $poll = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT runtime, active FROM {poll} WHERE nid = %d", $node->nid));
-
-  // Load the appropriate choices into the $poll object.
-  $result = db_query("SELECT chid, chtext, chvotes, weight FROM {poll_choices} WHERE nid = %d ORDER BY weight", $node->nid);
-  while ($choice = db_fetch_array($result)) {
-    $poll->choice[$choice['chid']] = $choice;
-  }
+    // Load the appropriate choices into the $poll object.
+    $poll->choice = db_query("SELECT chid, chtext, chvotes, weight FROM {poll_choices} WHERE nid = :nid ORDER BY weight", array(':nid' => $node->nid))->fetchAllAssoc('chid', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 
-  // Determine whether or not this user is allowed to vote.
-  $poll->allowvotes = FALSE;
-  if (user_access('vote on polls') && $poll->active) {
-    if ($user->uid) {
-      $result = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT chid FROM {poll_votes} WHERE nid = %d AND uid = %d', $node->nid, $user->uid));
-    }
-    else {
-      $result = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT chid FROM {poll_votes} WHERE nid = %d AND hostname = '%s'", $node->nid, ip_address()));
-    }
-    if (isset($result->chid)) {
-      $poll->vote = $result->chid;
+    // Determine whether or not this user is allowed to vote.
+    $poll->allowvotes = FALSE;
+    if (user_access('vote on polls') && $poll->active) {
+      if ($user->uid) {
+        $result = db_query('SELECT chid FROM {poll_votes} WHERE nid = :nid AND uid = :uid', array(':nid' => $node->nid, ':uid' => $user->uid))->fetch();
+      }
+      else {
+        $result = db_query("SELECT chid FROM {poll_votes} WHERE nid = :nid AND hostname = :hostname", array(':nid' => $node->nid, ':hostname' => ip_address()))->fetch();
+      }
+      if ($result) {
+        $poll->vote = $result->chid;
+      }
+      else {
+        $poll->vote = -1;
+        $poll->allowvotes = TRUE;
+      }
     }
-    else {
-      $poll->vote = -1;
-      $poll->allowvotes = TRUE;
+    foreach ($poll as $key => $value) {
+      $nodes[$node->nid]->$key = $value;
     }
   }
-  return $poll;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/poll/poll.test modules/poll/poll.test
index a63cce6..a9a8928 100644
--- modules/poll/poll.test
+++ modules/poll/poll.test
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PollTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
 
     $this->drupalPost(NULL, $edit, t('Save'));
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $title));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($title);
     $this->assertRaw(t('@type %title has been created.', array('@type' => node_get_types('name', 'poll'), '%title' => $title)), 'Poll has been created.');
     $this->assertTrue($node->nid, t('Poll has been found in the database'));
 
diff --git modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php
index 2c60f05..c0f4691 100644
--- modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php
+++ modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php
@@ -357,6 +357,22 @@ class DrupalWebTestCase {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get a node from the database based on its title.
+   *
+   * @param title
+   *   A node title, usually generated by $this->randomName().
+   *
+   * @return
+   *   A node object matching $title.
+   */
+  function drupalGetNodeByTitle($title) {
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(), array('title' => $title));
+    // Load the first node returned from the database.
+    $returned_node = reset($nodes);
+    return $returned_node;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Creates a node based on default settings.
    *
    * @param $settings
diff --git modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
index e470dad..dd2aba1 100644
--- modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_taxonomy_term_load().
  */
-function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_load($term) {
-  $term->antonyms = taxonomy_test_get_antonyms($term->tid);
+function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_load(&$terms) {
+  foreach ($terms as $term) {
+    $term->antonyms = taxonomy_test_get_antonyms($term->tid);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/system/system.test modules/system/system.test
index 9e05950..d5f946d 100644
--- modules/system/system.test
+++ modules/system/system.test
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class PageTitleFiltering extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     // Create the node with HTML in the title.
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/page', $edit, t('Save'));
 
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertNotNull($node, 'Node created and found in database');
     $this->drupalGet("node/" . $node->nid);
     $this->assertText(check_plain($edit['title']), 'Check to make sure tags in the node title are converted.');
diff --git modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 4a3c0c7..b14b915 100644
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -621,6 +621,33 @@ function taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($node, $vid, $key = 'tid') {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Find all term IDs associated with a set of nodes.
+ *
+ * @param $nodes
+ *  An array of node objects.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  An array of term and node IDs ordered by vocabulary and term weight.
+ */
+function taxonomy_get_tids_from_nodes($nodes) {
+  $vids = array();
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    $vids[] = $node->vid;
+  }
+  $query = db_select('term_node', 'r');
+  $query->fields('r', array('tid', 'nid', 'vid'));
+  $query->join('term_data', 't', 'r.tid = t.tid');
+  $query->join('vocabulary', 'v', 't.vid = v.vid');
+  $query->condition('r.vid', $vids, 'IN');
+  $query->orderBy('v.weight');
+  $query->orderBy('t.weight');
+  $query->orderBy('t.name');
+  $query->addTag('term_access');
+
+  return $query->execute()->fetchAll();
+}
+
+/**
  * Find all terms associated with the given node, ordered by vocabulary and term weight.
  */
 function taxonomy_node_get_terms($node, $key = 'tid') {
@@ -1048,24 +1075,115 @@ function taxonomy_terms_load($str_tids) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Load multiple taxonomy terms based on certain conditions.
+ *
+ * This function should be used whenever you need to load more than one term
+ * from the database. Terms are loaded into memory and will not require
+ * database access if loaded again during the same page request.
+ * If you need to display the terms in a specific order, you should use
+ * the $tids array passed in to the function to access the objects once they're
+ * loaded, since the $terms array itself may not be ordered consistently.
+ *
+ * @param $tids
+ *  An array of taxonomy term IDs.
+ * @param $conditions
+ *  An array of conditions to add to the query.
+ * @param $reset
+ *  Whether to reset the internal cache.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  An array of term objects, indexed by tid.
+ */
+function taxonomy_term_load_multiple($tids = array(), $conditions = array(), $reset = FALSE) {
+  static $term_cache = array();
+
+  if ($reset) {
+    $term_cache = array();
+  }
+
+  $terms = array();
+
+  // Load any available terms from the internal cache.
+  // Store whether $tids was passed, so that if all specified terms are
+  // already in the cache we can return them without hitting the database.
+  $tids_was_passed = !empty($tids) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  if ($tids_was_passed && $term_cache) {
+    foreach ($tids as $key => $tid) {
+      if (isset($term_cache[$tid])) {
+        $terms[$tid] = $term_cache[$tid];
+        // Remove from the remaining terms to be loaded.
+        unset($tids[$key]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If there are any conditions to query against, load terms from the cache
+  // where possible and remove any already loaded which don't match.
+  if ($conditions && $term_cache) {
+    // Since tids and conditions are ANDed together in the query, only load
+    // terms from cache if no tids were passed.
+    if (!$tids_was_passed) {
+      $terms = $term_cache;
+    }
+    foreach ($terms as $term) {
+      $term_values = (array) $term;
+      if (array_diff_assoc($conditions, $term_values)) {
+        unset($terms[$term->tid]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Load any remaining terms from the database, this is necessary if we have
+  // $tids still to load, or if $conditions was passed without $tids.
+  if ($tids || (!$tids_was_passed && $conditions)) {
+    $query = db_select('term_data', 't');
+    $term_data = drupal_schema_fields_sql('term_data');
+    $query->fields('t', $term_data);
+
+    // If the $tids array is populated, add those to the query.
+    if ($tids) {
+      $query->condition('t.tid', $tids, 'IN');
+    }
+
+    // If the conditions array is populated, add those to the query.
+    if ($conditions) {
+      foreach ($conditions as $field => $value) {
+        $query->conditions('t.' . $field, $value);
+      }
+    }
+    $queried_terms = $query->execute()->fetchAllAssoc('tid');
+    // Invoke hook_taxonomy_term_load() on the terms loaded from the database
+    // and add them to the static cache.
+    if (!empty($queried_terms)) {
+      foreach (module_implements('taxonomy_term_load') as $module) {
+        $function = $module . '_taxonomy_term_load';
+        $function($queried_terms);
+      }
+      $terms += $queried_terms;
+      $term_cache += $queried_terms;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $terms;
+}
+
+/**
  * Return the term object matching a term ID.
  *
  * @param $tid
  *   A term's ID
+ * @param $reset
+ *   Whether to reset the static cache.
  *
- * @return Object
+ * @return
  *   A term object. Results are statically cached.
  */
 function taxonomy_term_load($tid, $reset = FALSE) {
   if (!is_numeric($tid)) {
     return FALSE;
   }
-  static $terms = array();
-  if (!isset($terms[$tid]) || $reset) {
-    $terms[$tid] = taxonomy_get_term_data($tid, $reset);
-    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_term_load', $terms[$tid]);
-  }
-  return $terms[$tid];
+  $term = taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array($tid), array(), $reset);
+  return $term ? $term[$tid] : FALSE;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1192,11 +1310,17 @@ function taxonomy_select_nodes($tids = array(), $operator = 'or', $depth = 0, $p
 function taxonomy_render_nodes($result) {
   $output = '';
   $has_rows = FALSE;
-  while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $output .= node_view(node_load($node->nid), 1);
-    $has_rows = TRUE;
+  $nids = array();
+  foreach ($result as $record) {
+    $nids[] = $record->nid;
   }
+  $has_rows = !empty($nids) ? TRUE : FALSE;
   if ($has_rows) {
+    $nodes = node_load_multiple($nids);
+
+    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+      $output .= node_view($node, 1);
+    }
     $output .= theme('pager', NULL, variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10), 0);
   }
   else {
@@ -1208,9 +1332,26 @@ function taxonomy_render_nodes($result) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function taxonomy_nodeapi_load($node, $arg = 0) {
-  $output['taxonomy'] = taxonomy_node_get_terms($node);
-  return $output;
+function taxonomy_nodeapi_load($nodes) {
+  // Get an array of tid, vid associations ordered by vocabulary and term
+  // weight.
+  $tids = taxonomy_get_tids_from_nodes($nodes);
+
+  // Build an array consisting of only the unique tids.
+  $term_ids = array();
+  foreach ($tids as $term) {
+    $term_ids[$term->tid] = $term->tid;
+  }
+  // Load the full term objects for these tids.
+  $terms = taxonomy_term_load_multiple($term_ids);
+  foreach ($tids as $term) {
+    $nodes[$term->nid]->taxonomy[$term->tid] = $terms[$term->tid];
+  }
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    if (!isset($nodes[$node->nid]->taxonomy)) {
+      $node->taxonomy = array();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
index 8ee361a..7c96e06 100644
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class TaxonomyTermTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'));
 
     // Check that the term is displayed when the node is viewed.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
     $this->assertText($term1->name, t('Term is displayed when viewing the node.'));
 
@@ -426,3 +426,63 @@ class TaxonomyTermTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
     $this->assertText($edit['description'], t('The randomly generated term description is present.'));
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Test the taxonomy_term_load_multiple() function.
+ */
+class TaxonomyLoadMultipleUnitTest extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
+
+  function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => t('Taxonomy term multiple loading'),
+      'description' => t('Test the loading of multiple taxonomy terms at once'),
+      'group' => t('Taxonomy'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->taxonomy_admin = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer taxonomy'));
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->taxonomy_admin);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a vocabulary and some taxonomy terms, ensuring they're loaded
+   * correctly using taxonomy_term_load_multiple().
+   */
+  function testTaxonomyTermMultipleLoad() {
+    // Create a vocabulary.
+    $vocabulary = $this->createVocabulary();
+
+    // Create five terms in the vocabulary.
+    $i = 0;
+    while ($i < 5) {
+      $i++;
+      $this->createTerm($vocabulary->vid);
+    }
+    // Load the terms from the vocabulary.
+    $terms = taxonomy_term_load_multiple(NULL, array('vid' => $vocabulary->vid));
+    $count = count($terms);
+    $this->assertTrue($count == 5, t('Correct number of terms were loaded. !count terms.', array('!count' => $count)));
+
+    // Load the same terms again by tid.
+    $terms2 = taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array_keys($terms));
+    $this->assertTrue($count == count($terms2), t('Five terms were loaded by tid'));
+    $this->assertEqual($terms, $terms2, t('Both arrays contain the same terms'));
+
+    // Load the terms by tid, with a condition on vid.
+    $terms3 = taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array_keys($terms2), array('vid' => $vocabulary->vid));
+    $this->assertEqual($terms2, $terms3);
+
+    // Remove one term from the array, then delete it.
+    $deleted = array_shift($terms3);
+    taxonomy_term_delete($deleted->tid);
+    $deleted_term = taxonomy_term_load($deleted->tid, TRUE);
+    $this->assertFalse($deleted_term);
+
+    // Load terms from the vocabulary by vid.
+    $terms4 = taxonomy_term_load_multiple(NULL, array('vid' => $vocabulary->vid), TRUE);
+    $this->assertTrue(count($terms4 == 4), t('Correct number of terms were loaded.'));
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($terms4[$deleted->tid]));
+  }
+}
diff --git modules/translation/translation.test modules/translation/translation.test
index 076d1c8..e87853d 100644
--- modules/translation/translation.test
+++ modules/translation/translation.test
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class TranslationTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertRaw(t('Page %title has been created.', array('%title' => $edit['title'])), t('Page created.'));
 
     // Check to make sure the node was created.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, t('Node found in database.'));
 
     return $node;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TranslationTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertRaw(t('Page %title has been created.', array('%title' => $edit['title'])), t('Translation created.'));
 
     // Check to make sure that translation was successfull.
-    $node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']));
+    $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, t('Node found in database.'));
 
     return $node;
diff --git modules/trigger/trigger.test modules/trigger/trigger.test
index 80b19a2..900e270 100644
--- modules/trigger/trigger.test
+++ modules/trigger/trigger.test
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TriggerContentTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
       // Make sure the text we want appears.
       $this->assertRaw(t('!post %title has been created.', array ('!post' => 'Page', '%title' => $edit['title'])), t('Make sure the page has actually been created'));
       // Action should have been fired.
-      $loaded_node = node_load(array('title' => $edit['title']), NULL, TRUE);
+      $loaded_node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);;
       $this->assertTrue($loaded_node->$info['property'] == $info['expected'], t('Make sure the @action action fired.', array('@action' => $info['name'])));
       // Leave action assigned for next test
 
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ class TriggerContentTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     );
     return $info[$action];
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git modules/upload/upload.module modules/upload/upload.module
index e42d861..076f97c 100644
--- modules/upload/upload.module
+++ modules/upload/upload.module
@@ -300,10 +300,11 @@ function upload_file_delete(&$file) {
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_nodeapi_load().
  */
-function upload_nodeapi_load(&$node, $teaser) {
-  if (variable_get("upload_$node->type", 1) == 1) {
-    $output = array('files' => upload_load($node));
-    return $output;
+function upload_nodeapi_load($nodes, $types) {
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    if (variable_get("upload_$node->type", 1) == 1) {
+      $node->files = upload_load($node);
+    }
   }
 }
 
