How do I call the menu_rebuild function in Drupal 7?

Question

I would like to call the menu_rebuild() function, but I am not sure of where exactly paste the code snippet.

I can't find the update.php file anywhere in my local instance.

The reason I would like to attempt this is that I deleted all the nodes, but they are still appearing under the menu structure.

Answer 1

Create a file with the following content and simply drop in the Drupal root directory. Let's say menu-rebuild.php. Run it http://example.com/menu-rebuild.php

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
define('DRUPAL_ROOT', getcwd());
require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

menu_rebuild();

Answer 2

Drupal 7

If you're using drush, you may run:

drush eval 'menu_rebuild();'

If won't work, see: How to do menu rebuild when having PHP Fatal error?

Drupal 6

drush php-eval 'drupal_rebuild_theme_registry()'

memcached

If you're using memcached, you've to restart it.

On Linux: /etc/init.d/memcached restart

On OS X (if using Homebrew): brew services restart memcached

Answer 3

Open the database schema, then delete all contents of menu_links and menu_router tables with the following SQL queries:

DELETE FROM menu_links;
DELETE FROM menu_router;

Then run http://example.com/update.php. It will call menu_rebuild(), which will populate these tables with 'fresh' data. It worked for me after a "PHP Fatal Error: Out of memory" turned some of my menus into a mess.

But be aware, that it will wipe out all you custom menus which you will have to rebuild manually. To avoid it you may play a bit with deleting of some selected records from menu_router and menu_links, but for me it didn't work well.

And don't forget to back-up your database and site directory before deleting contents from the tables.

Answer 4

A couple of different ways:

1. Call menu_rebuild() from hook_update_N
2. Edit and save a menu settings form from Drupal admin.
3. From the command line, with drush: drush cc menu

Answer 5

Going to admin/config/development/performance and clicking on the "Clear all caches" button will cause the menu to be rebuilt, as well as clear template, block, page, etc. cache.

Answer 6

Alternative way is to set variable:

variable_set('menu_rebuild_needed', TRUE);

This will trigger the menu_rebuild();

Answer 7

To fix the admin menu use in SQL and note that as Valk stated above it will remove all customization from your administration management menu. After you run it clear your cache adn the management menu will be rebuilt to its default settings.

Here is the SQL query:

DELETE FROM menu_links WHERE menu_name='management'