function hook_user_role_insert in Drupal 7

Respond to creation of a new user role.

Modules implementing this hook can act on the user role object when saved to the database. It's recommended that you implement this hook if your module adds additional data to user roles object. The module should save its custom additions to the database.

Parameters

$role: A user role object.

Related topics

1 invocation of hook_user_role_insert()

user_role_save in modules/user/user.module

Save a user role to the database.

File

modules/user/user.api.php, line 426

Hooks provided by the User module.

Code

function hook_user_role_insert($role) {

  // Save extra fields provided by the module to user roles.
  db_insert('my_module_table')
    ->fields(array(
    'rid' => $role->rid,
    'role_description' => $role->description,
  ))
    ->execute();
}