function hook_entity_insert

Respond to creation of a new entity.

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_TYPE_insert()

Related topics

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php, line 1175

Code

function hook_entity_insert(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
    // Insert the new entity into a fictional table of all entities.
    \Drupal::database()->insert('example_entity')
        ->fields([
        'type' => $entity->getEntityTypeId(),
        'id' => $entity->id(),
        'created' => \Drupal::time()->getRequestTime(),
        'updated' => \Drupal::time()->getRequestTime(),
    ])
        ->execute();
}