function tripal_db_add_dbxref_link

2.x tripal_db.DEPRECATED.inc tripal_db_add_dbxref_link($linking_table, $dbxref_id, $foreignkey_name, $foreignkey_id)
3.x tripal_db.DEPRECATED.inc tripal_db_add_dbxref_link($linking_table, $dbxref_id, $foreignkey_name, $foreignkey_id)

Deprecated

Restructured API to make naming more readable and consistent. Function was deprecated in Tripal 2.0 and will be removed 2 releases from now. This function has been replaced by tripal_associate_dbxref().

See also

tripal_associate_dbxref().

File

legacy/tripal_db/api/tripal_db.DEPRECATED.inc, line 213
Wrapper functions to provide backwards compatibility for the tripal db api

Code

function tripal_db_add_dbxref_link($linking_table, $dbxref_id, $foreignkey_name, $foreignkey_id) {

  tripal_report_error(
  'tripal_deprecated', 
  TRIPAL_NOTICE, 
  "DEPRECATED: %old_function has been replaced with %new_function. Please update your code.", 
  array(
    '%old_function' => 'tripal_db_add_dbxref_link',
    '%new_function' => 'tripal_associate_dbxref'
  )
  );

  if (preg_match('/(\w+)_dbxref/', $linking_table, $matches)) {
    $basetable = $matches[1];

    return tripal_associate_dbxref($basetable, $foreignkey_id, array('dbxref_id' => $dbxref_id));
  }
  else {
    return FALSE;
  }
}