Information types

Information types

Types of information in Drupal.

Drupal has several distinct types of information, each with its own methods for storage and retrieval:

  • Content: Information meant to be displayed on your site: articles, basic pages, images, files, custom blocks, etc. Content is stored and accessed using Entities.
  • Session: Information about individual users' interactions with the site, such as whether they are logged in. This is really "state" information, but it is not stored the same way so it's a separate type here. Session information is available from the Request object. The session implements 登录查看完整内容