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function hook_flush_caches in Drupal 7

Add a list of cache tables to be cleared.

This hook allows your module to add cache table names to the list of cache tables that will be cleared by the Clear button on the Performance page or whenever drupal_flush_all_caches is invoked.

Return value

An array of cache table names.

See also

drupal_flush_all_caches()

Related topics

Hooks: Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

7 functions implement hook_flush_caches()

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

block_flush_caches in modules/block/block.module: Implements hook_flush_caches().
field_flush_caches in modules/field/field.module: Implements hook_flush_caches().
image_flush_caches in modules/image/image.module: Implements hook_flush_caches().
system_cron_test_flush_caches in modules/system/tests/system_cron_test.module: Implements hook_flush_caches().
system_flush_caches in modules/system/system.module: Implements hook_flush_caches().

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4 invocations of hook_flush_caches()

CacheClearCase::testFlushAllCaches in modules/simpletest/tests/cache.test: Test drupal_flush_all_caches().
CacheClearCase::testIsValidBin in modules/simpletest/tests/cache.test: Test DrupalDatabaseCache::isValidBin().
drupal_flush_all_caches in includes/common.inc: Flushes all cached data on the site.
system_cron in modules/system/system.module: Implements hook_cron().

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 2652: Hooks provided by Drupal core and the System module.

Code

function hook_flush_caches() {
  return array(
    'cache_example',
  );
}