Define custom revision delete behavior for this module's field types.

This hook is invoked just before the data is deleted from field storage in field_attach_delete_revision(), and will only be called for fieldable types that are versioned.

Parameters

$entity_type: The type of $entity.

$entity: The entity for the operation.

$field: The field structure for the operation.

$instance: The instance structure for $field on $entity's bundle.

$langcode: The language associated with $items.

$items: $entity->{$field['field_name']}[$langcode], or an empty array if unset.

Related topics

2 functions implement hook_field_delete_revision()

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

file_field_delete_revision in modules/file/file.field.inc
Implements hook_field_delete_revision().
image_field_delete_revision in modules/image/image.field.inc
Implements hook_field_delete_revision().

File

modules/field/field.api.php, line 663
Hooks provided by the Field module.

Code

function hook_field_delete_revision($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, &$items) {
  list($id, $vid, $bundle) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);
  foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {

    // For hook_file_references, remember that this file is being deleted.
    $item['file_field_name'] = $field['field_name'];
    if (file_field_delete_file($item, $field, $entity_type, $id)) {
      $items[$delta] = NULL;
    }
  }
}