Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert()
  2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert()

Respond to creation of a new entity of a particular type.

This hook runs once the entity has been stored. Note that hook implementations may not alter the stored entity data.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity: The entity object.

See also

hook_entity_insert()

Related topics

47 functions implement hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

block_content_test_block_content_insert in core/modules/block_content/tests/modules/block_content_test/block_content_test.module
Implements hook_block_content_insert().
book_node_insert in core/modules/book/book.module
Implements hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert() for node entities.
comment_entity_insert in core/modules/comment/comment.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().
comment_field_storage_config_insert in core/modules/comment/comment.module
Implements hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert() for 'field_storage_config'.
config_test_config_test_insert in core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config_test.hooks.inc
Implements hook_config_test_insert().

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php, line 1197
Hooks and documentation related to entities.

Code

function hook_ENTITY_TYPE_insert(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {

  // Insert the new entity into a fictional table of this type of entity.
  \Drupal::database()
    ->insert('example_entity')
    ->fields([
    'id' => $entity
      ->id(),
    'created' => \Drupal::time()
      ->getRequestTime(),
    'updated' => \Drupal::time()
      ->getRequestTime(),
  ])
    ->execute();
}