function hook_entity_update
7.x system.api.php | hook_entity_update($entity, $type) |
Act on entities when updated.
Parameters
$entity: The entity object.
$type: The type of entity being updated (i.e. node, user, comment).
Related topics
1 function implements hook_entity_update()
Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.
- entity_crud_hook_test_entity_update in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ tests/ entity_crud_hook_test.module - Implements hook_entity_update().
7 invocations of hook_entity_update()
- comment_save in drupal-7.x/
modules/ comment/ comment.module - Accepts a submission of new or changed comment content.
- field_attach_update in drupal-7.x/
modules/ field/ field.attach.inc - Save field data for an existing entity.
- file_save in drupal-7.x/
includes/ file.inc - Saves a file object to the database.
- taxonomy_vocabulary_save in drupal-7.x/
modules/ taxonomy/ taxonomy.module - Saves a vocabulary.
- update_check_requirements in drupal-7.x/
update.php - Checks update requirements and reports errors and (optionally) warnings.
File
- drupal-7.x/
modules/ system/ system.api.php, line 350 - Hooks provided by Drupal core and the System module.
Code
function hook_entity_update($entity, $type) {
// Update the entity's entry in a fictional table of all entities.
$info = entity_get_info($type);
list($id) = entity_extract_ids($type, $entity);
db_update('example_entity')
->fields(array(
'updated' => REQUEST_TIME,
))
->condition('type', $type)
->condition('id', $id)
->execute();
}