function field_attach_insert in Drupal 7

Save field data for a new entity.

The passed-in entity must already contain its id and (if applicable) revision id attributes. Default values (if any) will be saved for fields not present in the $entity.

Parameters

$entity_type: The type of $entity; e.g. 'node' or 'user'.

$entity: The entity with fields to save.

Return value

Default values (if any) will be added to the $entity parameter for fields it leaves unspecified.

Related topics

22 calls to field_attach_insert()

comment_save in modules/comment/comment.module

Accepts a submission of new or changed comment content.

EntityFieldQueryTestCase::setUp in modules/simpletest/tests/entity_query.test

Sets up a Drupal site for running functional and integration tests.

EntityFieldQueryTestCase::testEntityFieldQuery in modules/simpletest/tests/entity_query.test

Tests EntityFieldQuery.

FieldAttachOtherTestCase::testFieldAttachCache in modules/field/tests/field.test

Test field cache.

FieldAttachStorageTestCase::testFieldAttachCreateRenameBundle in modules/field/tests/field.test

Test field_attach_create_bundle() and field_attach_rename_bundle().

... See full list

File

modules/field/field.attach.inc, line 936

Field attach API, allowing entities (nodes, users, ...) to be 'fieldable'.

Code

function field_attach_insert($entity_type, $entity) {
  _field_invoke_default('insert', $entity_type, $entity);
  _field_invoke('insert', $entity_type, $entity);
  list($id, $vid, $bundle) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);

  // Let any module insert field data before the storage engine, accumulating
  // saved fields along the way.
  $skip_fields = array();
  foreach (module_implements('field_storage_pre_insert') as $module) {
    $function = $module . '_field_storage_pre_insert';
    $function($entity_type, $entity, $skip_fields);
  }

  // Collect the storage backends used by the remaining fields in the entities.
  $storages = array();
  foreach (field_info_instances($entity_type, $bundle) as $instance) {
    $field = field_info_field_by_id($instance['field_id']);
    $field_id = $field['id'];
    $field_name = $field['field_name'];
    if (!empty($entity->{$field_name})) {

      // Collect the storage backend if the field has not been written yet.
      if (!isset($skip_fields[$field_id])) {
        $storages[$field['storage']['type']][$field_id] = $field_id;
      }
    }
  }

  // Field storage backends save any remaining unsaved fields.
  foreach ($storages as $storage => $fields) {
    $storage_info = field_info_storage_types($storage);
    module_invoke($storage_info['module'], 'field_storage_write', $entity_type, $entity, FIELD_STORAGE_INSERT, $fields);
  }

  // Let other modules act on inserting the entity.
  module_invoke_all('field_attach_insert', $entity_type, $entity);
  $entity_info = entity_get_info($entity_type);
}