function taxonomy_del_term in Drupal 6
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 4 modules/taxonomy.module \taxonomy_del_term()
- 5 modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module \taxonomy_del_term()
Delete a term.
Parameters
$tid: The term ID.
Return value
Status constant indicating deletion.
4 calls to taxonomy_del_term()
- forum_confirm_delete_submit in modules/forum/ forum.admin.inc 
- Implementation of forms api _submit call. Deletes a forum after confirmation.
- taxonomy_del_vocabulary in modules/taxonomy/ taxonomy.module 
- Delete a vocabulary.
- taxonomy_save_term in modules/taxonomy/ taxonomy.module 
- Helper function for taxonomy_form_term_submit().
- taxonomy_term_confirm_delete_submit in modules/taxonomy/ taxonomy.admin.inc 
- Submit handler to delete a term after confirmation.
File
- modules/taxonomy/ taxonomy.module, line 381 
- Enables the organization of content into categories.
Code
function taxonomy_del_term($tid) {
  $tids = array(
    $tid,
  );
  while ($tids) {
    $children_tids = $orphans = array();
    foreach ($tids as $tid) {
      // See if any of the term's children are about to be become orphans:
      if ($children = taxonomy_get_children($tid)) {
        foreach ($children as $child) {
          // If the term has multiple parents, we don't delete it.
          $parents = taxonomy_get_parents($child->tid);
          if (count($parents) == 1) {
            $orphans[] = $child->tid;
          }
        }
      }
      $term = (array) taxonomy_get_term($tid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {term_data} WHERE tid = %d', $tid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {term_hierarchy} WHERE tid = %d', $tid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {term_relation} WHERE tid1 = %d OR tid2 = %d', $tid, $tid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {term_synonym} WHERE tid = %d', $tid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {term_node} WHERE tid = %d', $tid);
      module_invoke_all('taxonomy', 'delete', 'term', $term);
    }
    $tids = $orphans;
  }
  cache_clear_all();
  return SAVED_DELETED;
}