function hook_entity_insert in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches

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

Respond to creation of a new entity.

This hook runs once the entity has been stored. Note that hook implementations may not alter the stored entity data.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity: The entity object.

See also

hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert()

Related topics

6 functions implement hook_entity_insert()

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

comment_entity_insert in core/modules/comment/comment.module

Implements hook_entity_insert().

content_moderation_entity_insert in core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.module

Implements hook_entity_insert().

editor_entity_insert in core/modules/editor/editor.module

Implements hook_entity_insert().

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

Implements hook_entity_insert().

entity_test_entity_insert in core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module

Implements hook_entity_insert().

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php, line 1137

Hooks and documentation related to entities.

Code

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

  // Insert the new entity into a fictional table of all entities.
  \Drupal::database()
    ->insert('example_entity')
    ->fields([
    'type' => $entity
      ->getEntityTypeId(),
    'id' => $entity
      ->id(),
    'created' => REQUEST_TIME,
    'updated' => REQUEST_TIME,
  ])
    ->execute();
}