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Entity API for handling entities like nodes or users.

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<?php

/**
 * @file
 * Entity API for handling entities like nodes or users.
 */
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;

/**
 * Clears the entity render cache for all entity types.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.7.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Instead,
 *   use \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::resetCache() on the
 *   required entity types or invalidate specific cache tags.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3000037
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::resetCache()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getDefinitions()
 */
function entity_render_cache_clear() {
  @trigger_error(__FUNCTION__ . '() is deprecated. Use \\Drupal\\Core\\Entity\\EntityViewBuilderInterface::resetCache() on the required entity types or invalidate specific cache tags instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3000037', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $entity_manager = Drupal::entityManager();
  foreach ($entity_manager
    ->getDefinitions() as $entity_type => $info) {
    if ($entity_manager
      ->hasHandler($entity_type, 'view_builder')) {
      $entity_manager
        ->getViewBuilder($entity_type)
        ->resetCache();
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Returns the entity bundle info.
 *
 * @param string|null $entity_type
 *   The entity type whose bundle info should be returned, or NULL for all
 *   bundles info. Defaults to NULL.
 *
 * @return array
 *   The bundle info for a specific entity type, or all entity types.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
 *   \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getBundleInfo() for a
 *   single bundle, or
 *   \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getAllBundleInfo() for
 *   all bundles.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3051077
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getBundleInfo()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getAllBundleInfo()
 */
function entity_get_bundles($entity_type = NULL) {
  @trigger_error('entity_get_bundles() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \\Drupal\\Core\\Entity\\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getBundleInfo() for a single bundle, or \\Drupal\\Core\\Entity\\EntityTypeBundleInfoInterface::getAllBundleInfo() for all bundles. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3051077', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  if (isset($entity_type)) {
    return \Drupal::entityManager()
      ->getBundleInfo($entity_type);
  }
  else {
    return \Drupal::entityManager()
      ->getAllBundleInfo();
  }
}

/**
 * Loads an entity from the database.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param mixed $id
 *   The id of the entity to load.
 * @param bool $reset
 *   Whether to reset the internal cache for the requested entity type.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null
 *   The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given ID.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's load() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
 */
function entity_load($entity_type, $id, $reset = FALSE) {
  @trigger_error('entity_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s load() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type);
  if ($reset) {
    $controller
      ->resetCache([
      $id,
    ]);
  }
  return $controller
    ->load($id);
}

/**
 * Loads an entity from the database.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param int $revision_id
 *   The id of the entity to load.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null
 *   The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given revision
 *   id.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's loadRevision() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/1818376
 */
function entity_revision_load($entity_type, $revision_id) {
  @trigger_error('entity_revision_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s loadRevision() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/1818376', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type)
    ->loadRevision($revision_id);
}

/**
 * Deletes an entity revision.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param $revision_id
 *   The revision ID to delete.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's deleteRevision() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/1818376
 */
function entity_revision_delete($entity_type, $revision_id) {
  @trigger_error('entity_revision_delete() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s deleteRevision() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/1818376', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type)
    ->deleteRevision($revision_id);
}

/**
 * Loads multiple entities from the database.
 *
 * This function should be used whenever you need to load more than one entity
 * from the database. The entities are loaded into memory and will not require
 * database access if loaded again during the same page request.
 *
 * The actual loading is done through a class that has to implement the
 * \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface interface. By default,
 * \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage is used for content entities
 * and Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorage for config entities. Entity
 * types can specify that a different class should be used by setting the
 * "handlers['storage']" key in the entity plugin annotation. These classes
 * can either implement the \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface
 * interface, or, most commonly, extend the
 * \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage class. See
 * \Drupal\node\Entity\Node and \Drupal\node\NodeStorage for an example.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param array $ids
 *   (optional) An array of entity IDs. If omitted, all entities are loaded.
 * @param bool $reset
 *   Whether to reset the internal cache for the requested entity type.
 *
 * @return array
 *   An array of entity objects indexed by their IDs.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's loadMultiple() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
 */
function entity_load_multiple($entity_type, array $ids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  @trigger_error('entity_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s loadMultiple() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type);
  if ($reset) {
    $controller
      ->resetCache($ids);
  }
  return $controller
    ->loadMultiple($ids);
}

/**
 * Load entities by their property values.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param array $values
 *   An associative array where the keys are the property names and the
 *   values are the values those properties must have.
 *
 * @return array
 *   An array of entity objects indexed by their IDs. Returns an empty array if
 *   no matching entities are found.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's loadByProperties() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3050910
 */
function entity_load_multiple_by_properties($entity_type, array $values) {
  @trigger_error('entity_load_multiple_by_properties() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s loadByProperties() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3050910', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type)
    ->loadByProperties($values);
}

/**
 * Loads the unchanged, i.e. not modified, entity from the database.
 *
 * Unlike entity_load() this function ensures the entity is directly loaded from
 * the database, thus bypassing any static cache. In particular, this function
 * is useful to determine changes by comparing the entity being saved to the
 * stored entity.
 *
 * @param $entity_type
 *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
 * @param $id
 *   The ID of the entity to load.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null
 *   The unchanged entity, or FALSE if the entity cannot be loaded.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity type storage's loadUnchanged() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/1935744
 */
function entity_load_unchanged($entity_type, $id) {
  @trigger_error('entity_load_unchanged() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s loadUnchanged() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/1935744', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type)
    ->loadUnchanged($id);
}

/**
 * Deletes multiple entities permanently.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The type of the entity.
 * @param array $ids
 *   An array of entity IDs of the entities to delete.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
 *   the entity storage's \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::delete()
 *   method to delete multiple entities:
 *   @code
 *     $storage_handler = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
 *     $entities = $storage_handler->loadMultiple($ids);
 *     $storage_handler->delete($entities);
 *   @endcode
 *
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getStorage()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::loadMultiple()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::delete()
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3051072
 */
function entity_delete_multiple($entity_type, array $ids) {
  @trigger_error(__FUNCTION__ . ' is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and will be removed in drupal:9.0.0. Use the entity storage\'s delete() method to delete multiple entities. @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3051072', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type);
  $entities = $controller
    ->loadMultiple($ids);
  $controller
    ->delete($entities);
}

/**
 * Constructs a new entity object, without permanently saving it.
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The type of the entity.
 * @param array $values
 *   (optional) An array of values to set, keyed by property name. If the
 *   entity type has bundles, the bundle key has to be specified.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface
 *   A new entity object.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
 *   The method overriding Entity::create() for the entity type, e.g.
 *   \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::create() if the entity type is known. If the
 *   entity type is variable, use the entity storage's create() method to
 *   construct a new entity:
 *   @code
 *     \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->create($values);
 *   @endcode
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getStorage()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::create()
 */
function entity_create($entity_type, array $values = []) {
  @trigger_error('entity_create() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the create() method of the entity type class directly or \\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->create($values) instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getStorage($entity_type)
    ->create($values);
}

/**
 * Returns the label of an entity.
 *
 * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
 *   The entity for which to generate the label.
 * @param $langcode
 *   (optional) The language code of the language that should be used for
 *   getting the label. If set to NULL, the entity's default language is
 *   used.
 *
 * @return string|null
 *   The label of the entity, or NULL if there is no label defined.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use the
 *   entity's label() method.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2549923
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::label()
 */
function entity_page_label(EntityInterface $entity, $langcode = NULL) {
  @trigger_error('entity_page_label() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity\'s label() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2549923', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return $entity
    ->label($langcode);
}

/**
 * Returns the render array for an entity.
 *
 * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
 *   The entity to be rendered.
 * @param string $view_mode
 *   The view mode that should be used to display the entity.
 * @param string $langcode
 *   (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
 *   the current content language.
 * @param bool $reset
 *   (optional) Whether to reset the render cache for the requested entity.
 *   Defaults to FALSE.
 *
 * @return array
 *   A render array for the entity.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0.
 *   Use the entity view builder's view() method for creating a render array:
 *   @code
 *     $view_builder = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
 *       ->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId());
 *     return $view_builder->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
 *   @endcode
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getViewBuilder()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::view()
 */
function entity_view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode, $langcode = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  @trigger_error('entity_view() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId())->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode) instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $render_controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getViewBuilder($entity
    ->getEntityTypeId());
  if ($reset) {
    $render_controller
      ->resetCache([
      $entity,
    ]);
  }
  return $render_controller
    ->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
}

/**
 * Returns the render array for the provided entities.
 *
 * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[] $entities
 *   The entities to be rendered, must be of the same type.
 * @param string $view_mode
 *   The view mode that should be used to display the entity.
 * @param string $langcode
 *   (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
 *   the current content language.
 * @param bool $reset
 *   (optional) Whether to reset the render cache for the requested entities.
 *   Defaults to FALSE.
 *
 * @return array
 *   A render array for the entities, indexed by the same keys as the
 *   entities array passed in $entities.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0.
 *   Use the entity view builder's viewMultiple() method for creating a render
 *   array for the provided entities:
 *   @code
 *     $view_builder = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
 *       ->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId());
 *     return $view_builder->viewMultiple($entities, $view_mode, $langcode);
 *   @endcode
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getViewBuilder()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::viewMultiple()
 */
function entity_view_multiple(array $entities, $view_mode, $langcode = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  @trigger_error('entity_view_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId())->viewMultiple($entities, $view_mode, $langcode) instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $render_controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getViewBuilder(reset($entities)
    ->getEntityTypeId());
  if ($reset) {
    $render_controller
      ->resetCache($entities);
  }
  return $render_controller
    ->viewMultiple($entities, $view_mode, $langcode);
}

/**
 * Returns the entity view display associated with a bundle and view mode.
 *
 * Use this function when assigning suggested display options for a component
 * in a given view mode. Note that they will only be actually used at render
 * time if the view mode itself is configured to use dedicated display settings
 * for the bundle; if not, the 'default' display is used instead.
 *
 * The function reads the entity view display from the current configuration, or
 * returns a ready-to-use empty one if configuration entry exists yet for this
 * bundle and view mode. This streamlines manipulation of display objects by
 * always returning a consistent object that reflects the current state of the
 * configuration.
 *
 * Example usage:
 * - Set the 'body' field to be displayed and the 'field_image' field to be
 *   hidden on article nodes in the 'default' display.
 * @code
 * entity_get_display('node', 'article', 'default')
 *   ->setComponent('body', array(
 *     'type' => 'text_summary_or_trimmed',
 *     'settings' => array('trim_length' => '200')
 *     'weight' => 1,
 *   ))
 *   ->removeComponent('field_image')
 *   ->save();
 * @endcode
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type.
 * @param string $bundle
 *   The bundle.
 * @param string $view_mode
 *   The view mode, or 'default' to retrieve the 'default' display object for
 *   this bundle.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityViewDisplayInterface
 *   The entity view display associated with the view mode.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.8.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
 *   EntityDisplayRepositoryInterface::getViewDisplay() instead.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2835616
 */
function entity_get_display($entity_type, $bundle, $view_mode) {
  @trigger_error('entity_get_display() is deprecated in drupal:8.8.0. It will be removed before drupal:9.0.0. Use \\Drupal::service(\'entity_display.repository\')->getViewDisplay() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2835616', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')
    ->getViewDisplay($entity_type, $bundle, $view_mode);
}

/**
 * Returns the entity form display associated with a bundle and form mode.
 *
 * The function reads the entity form display object from the current
 * configuration, or returns a ready-to-use empty one if no configuration entry
 * exists yet for this bundle and form mode. This streamlines manipulation of
 * entity form displays by always returning a consistent object that reflects
 * the current state of the configuration.
 *
 * Example usage:
 * - Set the 'body' field to be displayed with the 'text_textarea_with_summary'
 *   widget and the 'field_image' field to be hidden on article nodes in the
 *  'default' form mode.
 * @code
 * entity_get_form_display('node', 'article', 'default')
 *   ->setComponent('body', array(
 *     'type' => 'text_textarea_with_summary',
 *     'weight' => 1,
 *   ))
 *   ->setComponent('field_image', array(
 *     'region' => 'hidden',
 *   ))
 *   ->save();
 * @endcode
 *
 * @param string $entity_type
 *   The entity type.
 * @param string $bundle
 *   The bundle.
 * @param string $form_mode
 *   The form mode.
 *
 * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityFormDisplayInterface
 *   The entity form display associated with the given form mode.
 *
 * @deprecated in drupal:8.8.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
 *   EntityDisplayRepositoryInterface::getFormDisplay() instead.
 *
 * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2835616
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::create()
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::load()
 */
function entity_get_form_display($entity_type, $bundle, $form_mode) {
  @trigger_error('entity_get_form_display() is deprecated in drupal:8.8.0. It will be removed before drupal:9.0.0. Use \\Drupal::service(\'entity_display.repository\')->getFormDisplay() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2835616', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')
    ->getFormDisplay($entity_type, $bundle, $form_mode);
}

Functions

Namesort descending Description
entity_create Deprecated Constructs a new entity object, without permanently saving it.
entity_delete_multiple Deprecated Deletes multiple entities permanently.
entity_get_bundles Deprecated Returns the entity bundle info.
entity_get_display Deprecated Returns the entity view display associated with a bundle and view mode.
entity_get_form_display Deprecated Returns the entity form display associated with a bundle and form mode.
entity_load Deprecated Loads an entity from the database.
entity_load_multiple Deprecated Loads multiple entities from the database.
entity_load_multiple_by_properties Deprecated Load entities by their property values.
entity_load_unchanged Deprecated Loads the unchanged, i.e. not modified, entity from the database.
entity_page_label Deprecated Returns the label of an entity.
entity_render_cache_clear Deprecated Clears the entity render cache for all entity types.
entity_revision_delete Deprecated Deletes an entity revision.
entity_revision_load Deprecated Loads an entity from the database.
entity_view Deprecated Returns the render array for an entity.
entity_view_multiple Deprecated Returns the render array for the provided entities.