hook_delete

5 node.php hook_delete(&$node)
6 node.php hook_delete(&$node)
7 node.api.php hook_delete($node)
8 node.api.php hook_delete(Drupal node Node $node)

Respond to node deletion.

This is a hook used by node modules. It is called to allow the module to take action when a node is being deleted from the database by, for example, deleting information from related tables.

Parameters

&$node: The node being deleted.

Return value

None.

To take action when nodes of any type are deleted (not just nodes of the type defined by this module), use hook_nodeapi() instead.

For a detailed usage example, see node_example.module.

Related topics

20 functions implement hook_delete()

4 invocations of hook_delete()

File

developer/hooks/node.php, line 110
These hooks are defined by node modules, modules that define a new kind of node.

Code

function hook_delete(&$node) {
  db_query('DELETE FROM {mytable} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid);
}
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