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.

... See full list

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();
}