Drupal custom breadcrumb for content type

Here is a Drupal custom breadcrumb for content type snippet that I used to build a nice long breadcrumb chain for a specific content type.

I implemented a hook_page_alter in a custom module where I modified the $breadcrumb array to mi liking. Here is the snippet.

/**
 * Implements hook_page_alter
 */
function MODULENAME_page_alter(&$page) {

  $node = menu_get_object();
  if (!empty($node->type) && ($node->type == 'CONTENT_TYPE')) {
    $breadcrumbs = array();
    $breadcrumbs[] = l(t('Home'), '<front>');
    $breadcrumbs[] = l('Administration', '/admin');
    $breadcrumbs[] = l('Statistics', '/admin/statistics');
    $breadcrumbs[] = l('Sent Email', '/admin/statistics/emails');
    drupal_set_breadcrumb($breadcrumbs);

    // Bonnus I also needed to add some custom CSS for this page
    drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'MODULENAME') . '/css/CONTENT_TYPE.css', array('group' => CSS_DEFAULT, 'type' => 'file'));

  }
}

Be sure to change MODULENAME to your own module name and CONTENT_TYPE to your own content type. Build the $breadcrumb array as you wish.

I initialize the $breacrumb variable as an empty array then just keep adding links to it that were formed with the l function. Then use the drupal_set_breadcrumb function to set is as the breadcrumb.

Cheers!