function hook_entity_update

1 entity.api.php hook_entity_update($entity, $type)

Act on entities when updated.

Parameters

$entity: The entity object.

$type: The type of entity being updated (e.g. node, user, comment).

Related topics

Hooks Allow modules to interact with the Backdrop core.

4 functions implement 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.

entityreference_entity_update in core/modules/entityreference/entityreference.module: Implements hook_entity_update().
entity_crud_hook_test_entity_update in core/modules/entity/tests/entity_crud_hook_test/entity_crud_hook_test.module: Implements hook_entity_update().
filter_entity_update in core/modules/filter/filter.module: Implements hook_entity_update().
path_entity_update in core/modules/path/path.module: Implements hook_entity_update().

4 invocations of hook_entity_update()

EntityDatabaseStorageController::save in core/modules/entity/entity.controller.inc: Implements EntityStorageControllerInterface::save().
field_attach_update in core/modules/field/field.attach.inc: Save field data for an existing entity.
Layout::save in core/modules/layout/includes/layout.class.inc: Save a layout to config.
update_check_requirements in core/update.php: Checks update requirements and reports errors and (optionally) warnings.

File

core/modules/entity/entity.api.php, line 268: Hooks provided by the Entity 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();
}