Drupal 6: Best Practice for Modifying Added JavaScript Module

Question

I have a question on how to configure drupal modules avoiding hacks.

Say I downloaded the Lightbox2 module and I want to modify the javascript file to display my lightbox differently.

I am currently modifying the Lightbox2 module, so I can no longer update it, so I know that this is not the best practice.

I was wondering if I can configure the javascript file of this module with a hook and how.

thank

Answer 1

To change only JS, you do not need to hack the module at all. Instead, you can use the system to change which scripts are sent to the page.

template.php:

 $scripts = drupal_add_js();
 unset($scripts['module']['whatever/the/path/is/lightbox.js']);
 $scripts['module']['new/js/path/lightbox.js'] = array('preprocess' => 1, 'cache' => 1);
 $variables['scripts'] = drupal_get_js('header', $scripts);

js , .

, , Lightbox.