function node_delete

7.x node.module	`node_delete($nid)`
6.x node.module	`node_delete($nid)`

Delete a node.

4 calls to node_delete()

blogapi_blogger_delete_post in drupal-6.x/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module: Blogging API callback. Removes the specified blog node.
forum_taxonomy in drupal-6.x/modules/forum/forum.module: Implementation of hook_taxonomy().
node_delete_confirm_submit in drupal-6.x/modules/node/node.pages.inc: Execute node deletion
node_multiple_delete_confirm_submit in drupal-6.x/modules/node/node.admin.inc

File

drupal-6.x/modules/node/node.module, line 974: The core that allows content to be submitted to the site. Modules and scripts may programmatically submit nodes using the usual form API pattern.

Code

function node_delete($nid) {

  // Clear the cache before the load, so if multiple nodes are deleted, the
  // memory will not fill up with nodes (possibly) already removed.
  $node = node_load($nid, NULL, TRUE);

  if (node_access('delete', $node)) {
    db_query('DELETE FROM {node} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid);
    db_query('DELETE FROM {node_revisions} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid);
    db_query('DELETE FROM {node_access} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid);

    // Call the node-specific callback (if any):
    node_invoke($node, 'delete');
    node_invoke_nodeapi($node, 'delete');

    // Clear the page and block caches.
    cache_clear_all();

    // Remove this node from the search index if needed.
    if (function_exists('search_wipe')) {
      search_wipe($node->nid, 'node');
    }
    watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title.', array('@type' => $node->type, '%title' => $node->title));
    drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been deleted.', array('@type' => node_get_types('name', $node), '%title' => $node->title)));
  }
}