function taxonomy_vocabulary_save
Saves a vocabulary.
Parameters
$vocabulary: A vocabulary object with the following properties:
- vid: (optional) The ID of the vocabulary (omit if creating a new vocabulary; only use to update an existing vocabulary).
- name: The human-readable name of the vocabulary.
- machine_name: The machine name of the vocabulary.
- description: (optional) The vocabulary's description.
- hierarchy: The hierarchy level of the vocabulary.
- module: (optional) The module altering the vocabulary.
- weight: (optional) The weight of this vocabulary in relation to other vocabularies.
- original: (optional) The original vocabulary object before any changes are applied.
- old_machine_name: (optional) The original machine name of the vocabulary.
Return value
Status constant indicating whether the vocabulary was inserted (SAVED_NEW) or updated (SAVED_UPDATED).
18 calls to taxonomy_vocabulary_save()
- EntityCrudHookTestCase::testTaxonomyTermHooks in modules/simpletest/ tests/ entity_crud_hook_test.test 
- Tests hook invocations for CRUD operations on taxonomy terms.
- EntityCrudHookTestCase::testTaxonomyVocabularyHooks in modules/simpletest/ tests/ entity_crud_hook_test.test 
- Tests hook invocations for CRUD operations on taxonomy vocabularies.
- ForumTestCase::editForumTaxonomy in modules/forum/ forum.test 
- Edits the forum taxonomy.
- forum_enable in modules/forum/ forum.install 
- Implements hook_enable().
- PagePreviewTestCase::setUp in modules/node/ node.test 
- Sets up a Drupal site for running functional and integration tests.
File
- 
              modules/taxonomy/ taxonomy.module, line 415 
Code
function taxonomy_vocabulary_save($vocabulary) {
  // Prevent leading and trailing spaces in vocabulary names.
  if (!empty($vocabulary->name)) {
    $vocabulary->name = trim($vocabulary->name);
  }
  // Load the stored entity, if any.
  if (!empty($vocabulary->vid)) {
    if (!isset($vocabulary->original)) {
      $vocabulary->original = entity_load_unchanged('taxonomy_vocabulary', $vocabulary->vid);
    }
    // Make sure machine name changes are easily detected.
    // @todo: Remove in Drupal 8, as it is deprecated by directly reading from
    // $vocabulary->original.
    $vocabulary->old_machine_name = $vocabulary->original->machine_name;
  }
  if (!isset($vocabulary->module)) {
    $vocabulary->module = 'taxonomy';
  }
  module_invoke_all('taxonomy_vocabulary_presave', $vocabulary);
  module_invoke_all('entity_presave', $vocabulary, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
  if (!empty($vocabulary->vid) && !empty($vocabulary->name)) {
    $status = drupal_write_record('taxonomy_vocabulary', $vocabulary, 'vid');
    taxonomy_vocabulary_static_reset(array(
      $vocabulary->vid,
    ));
    if ($vocabulary->old_machine_name != $vocabulary->machine_name) {
      field_attach_rename_bundle('taxonomy_term', $vocabulary->old_machine_name, $vocabulary->machine_name);
    }
    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_vocabulary_update', $vocabulary);
    module_invoke_all('entity_update', $vocabulary, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
  }
  elseif (empty($vocabulary->vid)) {
    $status = drupal_write_record('taxonomy_vocabulary', $vocabulary);
    taxonomy_vocabulary_static_reset();
    field_attach_create_bundle('taxonomy_term', $vocabulary->machine_name);
    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_vocabulary_insert', $vocabulary);
    module_invoke_all('entity_insert', $vocabulary, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
  }
  unset($vocabulary->original);
  cache_clear_all();
  return $status;
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