Drupal - Which MySql table contains $footer message

Question

Inherited a mess. Drupal 6 site with custom theme that has removed all admin access. That's a different problem though.

Immediately we need to change the footer message text. Since I don't have admin access, I need to edit via MySql database.

Which Drupal database table contains the $footer message text?

Chris

Answer 1

The Site Footer variable (as configured on the /admin/settings/site-information page) is stored in the variables table. The variables table has two columns: name and value. The value is obviously stored in the value column and it is identified as site_footer in the name column. So:

SELECT value FROM variable WHERE name = 'site_footer'

...will give you the current value. Note that the value is serialized, so make sure you're familiar with how that works if you plan on trying to change it directly in the database.

Answer 2

Footer message can be a lot of different things. I think that you'd better find out where $footer or $footer_message is output in your theme's page.tpl.php and substitute it with the text of your choice. If you could post a copy of page.tpl.php (and maybe a link to your site) I could be more specific.

Answer 3

I don't know much about Drupal 6, I believe the footer is the "site_footer" variable in the variables table.

It is possible it could be in node_revision.

If the website uses CCK to add fields to Drupal node types, the CCK data will be stored in content_type_* and content_field_* tables that are dynamically created when you add the CCK fields to the system. These are tied to nodes via their nid and vid values.