function hook_entity_update

Act on entities when updated.

Parameters

$entity: The entity object.

$type: The type of entity being updated (i.e. node, user, comment).

Related topics

10 functions implement hook_entity_update()

Note: the procedural functions in this list are found by pattern matching, so the list may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

ContentModerationHooks::entityUpdate in core/modules/content_moderation/src/Hook/ContentModerationHooks.php: Implements hook_entity_update().
EditorHooks::entityUpdate in core/modules/editor/src/Hook/EditorHooks.php: Implements hook_entity_update().
EditorTestHooks::entityUpdate in core/modules/editor/tests/modules/editor_test/src/Hook/EditorTestHooks.php: Implements hook_entity_update().
EntityCrudHookTest::entityUpdate in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php: Implements hook_entity_update().
EntityCrudHookTestHooks::entityUpdate in core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_crud_hook_test/src/Hook/EntityCrudHookTestHooks.php: Implements hook_entity_update().

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4 invocations of hook_entity_update()

comment_save in modules/comment/comment.module: Accepts a submission of new or changed comment content.
file_save in includes/file.inc: Saves a file object to the database.
taxonomy_vocabulary_save in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module: Saves a vocabulary.
user_save in modules/user/user.module: Save changes to a user account or add a new user.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 350

Code

function hook_entity_update($entity, $type) {
  // Update the entity's entry in a fictional table of all entities.
  $info = entity_get_info($type);
  list($id) = entity_extract_ids($type, $entity);
  db_update('example_entity')->fields(array(
    'updated' => REQUEST_TIME,
  ))
    ->condition('type', $type)
    ->condition('id', $id)
    ->execute();
}

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