Add searching to your custom module
Last modified: September 17, 2005 - 01:30
In order to have a custom module be searched the module must support the search hook. Read the Drupal API for the hook_search.
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Working Link to Search Hook
For 4.7 on the new API site:
http://api.drupal.org/api/4.7/function/hook_search
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