function hook_entity_delete in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 7 modules/system/system.api.php \hook_entity_delete()
2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_delete()

Respond to entity deletion.

This hook runs once the entity has been deleted from the storage.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity: The entity object for the entity that has been deleted.

See also

hook_ENTITY_TYPE_delete()

Related topics

5 functions implement hook_entity_delete()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

content_moderation_entity_delete in core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.module

Implements hook_entity_delete().

editor_entity_delete in core/modules/editor/editor.module

Implements hook_entity_delete().

entity_crud_hook_test_entity_delete in core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_crud_hook_test/entity_crud_hook_test.module

Implements hook_entity_delete().

jsonapi_entity_delete in core/modules/jsonapi/jsonapi.module

Implements hook_entity_delete().

layout_builder_entity_delete in core/modules/layout_builder/layout_builder.module

Implements hook_entity_delete().

1 invocation of hook_entity_delete()

EntityStorageBase::delete in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php

Deletes permanently saved entities.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php, line 1398

Hooks and documentation related to entities.

Code

function hook_entity_delete(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {

  // Delete the entity's entry from a fictional table of all entities.
  \Drupal::database()
    ->delete('example_entity')
    ->condition('type', $entity
    ->getEntityTypeId())
    ->condition('id', $entity
    ->id())
    ->execute();
}