function db_add_unique_key

Same name in other branches
  1. 7.x includes/database/database.inc \db_add_unique_key()

Adds a unique key.

Parameters

$table: The table to be altered.

$name: The name of the key.

array $fields: An array of field names.

Deprecated

in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Instead, get a database connection injected into your service from the container, get its schema driver, and call addUniqueKey() on it. For example, $injected_database->schema()->addUniqueKey($table, $name, $fields);

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/2993033

\Drupal\Core\Database\Schema::addUniqueKey()

Related topics

1 call to db_add_unique_key()
DatabaseLegacyTest::testDbAddUniqueKey in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php
Tests deprecation of the db_add_unique_key() function.

File

core/includes/database.inc, line 964

Code

function db_add_unique_key($table, $name, $fields) {
    @trigger_error('db_add_unique_key() is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0. It will be removed from drupal:9.0.0. Instead, get a database connection injected into your service from the container, get its schema driver, and call addUniqueKey() on it. For example, $injected_database->schema()->addUniqueKey($table, $name, $fields). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2993033', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
    return Database::getConnection()->schema()
        ->addUniqueKey($table, $name, $fields);
}

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