function hook_entity_insert

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 7.x modules/system/system.api.php \hook_entity_insert()
  2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_insert()
  3. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \hook_entity_insert()
  4. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php \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

Entity CRUD, editing, and view hooks
Hooks used in various entity operations.
Hooks
Define functions that alter the behavior of Drupal core.
7 functions implement hook_entity_insert()

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

comment_entity_insert in core/modules/comment/comment.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().
content_moderation_entity_insert in core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().
content_moderation_test_resave_entity_insert in core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_resave/content_moderation_test_resave.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().
editor_entity_insert in core/modules/editor/editor.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().
entity_crud_hook_test_entity_insert in core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_crud_hook_test/entity_crud_hook_test.module
Implements hook_entity_insert().

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php, line 1173

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();
}

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