function EntityStorageBase::delete

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase::delete()
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase::delete()
  3. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase::delete()

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php, line 408

Class

EntityStorageBase
A base entity storage class.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function delete(array $entities) {
  if (!$entities) {
    // If no entities were passed, do nothing.
    return;
  }
  // Ensure that the entities are keyed by ID.
  $keyed_entities = [];
  foreach ($entities as $entity) {
    $keyed_entities[$entity->id()] = $entity;
  }
  // Allow code to run before deleting.
  $entity_class = $this->entityClass;
  $entity_class::preDelete($this, $keyed_entities);
  foreach ($keyed_entities as $entity) {
    $this->invokeHook('predelete', $entity);
  }
  // Perform the delete and reset the static cache for the deleted entities.
  $this->doDelete($keyed_entities);
  $this->resetCache(array_keys($keyed_entities));
  // Allow code to run after deleting.
  $entity_class::postDelete($this, $keyed_entities);
  foreach ($keyed_entities as $entity) {
    $this->invokeHook('delete', $entity);
  }
}

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