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1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php \hook_post_update_NAME()
2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php \hook_post_update_NAME()
3. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php \hook_post_update_NAME()

Executes an update which is intended to update data, like entities.

Only procedural implementations are supported for this hook.

These implementations have to be placed in a MODULE.post_update.php file or a THEME.post_update.php file.

These updates are executed after all hook_update_N() implementations. At this stage Drupal is already fully repaired so you can use any API as you wish.

NAME can be arbitrary machine names. In contrast to hook_update_N() the alphanumeric naming of functions in the file is the only thing which ensures the execution order of those functions. If update order is mandatory, you should add numerical prefix to NAME or make it completely numerical.

Drupal also ensures to not execute the same hook_post_update_NAME() function twice.

Batch updates

If running your update all at once could possibly cause PHP to time out, use the $sandbox parameter to indicate that the Batch API should be used for your update. In this case, your update function acts as an implementation of callback_batch_operation(), and $sandbox acts as the batch context parameter. In your function, read the state information from the previous run from $sandbox (or initialize), run a chunk of updates, save the state in $sandbox, and set $sandbox['#finished'] to a value between 0 and 1 to indicate the percent completed, or 1 if it is finished (you need to do this explicitly in each pass).

See the Batch operations topic for more information on how to use the Batch API.

Parameters

array $sandbox: Stores information for batch updates. See above for more information.

Return value

string|null Optionally, hook_post_update_NAME() hooks may return a translated string that will be displayed to the user after the update has completed. If no message is returned, no message will be presented to the user.

Throws

\Drupal\Core\Utility\UpdateException|PDOException In case of error, update hooks should throw an instance of \Drupal\Core\Utility\UpdateException with a meaningful message for the user. If a database query fails for whatever reason, it will throw a PDOException.

See also

hook_update_N()

hook_removed_post_updates()

Related topics

21 functions implement hook_post_update_NAME()

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

block_post_update_make_weight_integer in core/modules/block/block.post_update.php

Ensures that all block weights are integers.

forum_post_update_recreate_forum_index_rows in core/modules/forum/forum.post_update.php

Repopulate the forum index table.

media_post_update_media_author_views_filter_update in core/modules/media/media.post_update.php

Empty update function to clear the Views data cache.

module_test_post_update_test in core/modules/system/tests/modules/module_test/module_test.post_update.php

Test post update function.

navigation_post_update_set_logo_dimensions_default in core/modules/navigation/navigation.post_update.php

Defines the values for the default logo dimensions.

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/module.api.php, line 888

Code

function hook_post_update_NAME(&$sandbox) {
    // Example of updating some content.
    $node = \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load(123);
    $node->setTitle('foo');
    $node->save();
    $result = t('Node %nid saved', [
        '%nid' => $node->id(),
    ]);
    // Example of updating some config.
    if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('taxonomy')) {
        // Update the dependencies of all Vocabulary configuration entities.
        \Drupal::classResolver(\Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityUpdater::class)->update($sandbox, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
    }
    return $result;
}

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