function file_usage_delete

Removes a record to indicate that a module is no longer using a file.

The file_delete() function is typically called after removing a file usage to remove the record from the file_managed table and delete the file itself.

Parameters

$file: A file object.

$module: The name of the module using the file.

$type: (optional) The type of the object that contains the referenced file. May be omitted if all module references to a file are being deleted.

$id: (optional) The unique, numeric ID of the object containing the referenced file. May be omitted if all module references to a file are being deleted.

$count: (optional) The number of references to delete from the object. Defaults to 1. 0 may be specified to delete all references to the file within a specific object.

See also

file_usage_add()

file_usage_list()

file_delete()

Related topics

8 calls to file_usage_delete()
FileDeleteTest::testInUse in modules/simpletest/tests/file.test
Tries deleting a file that is in use.
FileUsageTest::testRemoveUsage in modules/simpletest/tests/file.test
Tests file_usage_delete().
file_field_delete_file in modules/file/file.field.inc
Decrements the usage count for a file and attempts to delete it.
image_field_delete_field in modules/image/image.module
Implements hook_field_delete_field().
image_field_delete_instance in modules/image/image.module
Implements hook_field_delete_instance().

... See full list

File

includes/file.inc, line 751

Code

function file_usage_delete(stdClass $file, $module, $type = NULL, $id = NULL, $count = 1) {
    // Delete rows that have a exact or less value to prevent empty rows.
    $query = db_delete('file_usage')->condition('module', $module)
        ->condition('fid', $file->fid);
    if ($type && $id) {
        $query->condition('type', $type)
            ->condition('id', $id);
    }
    if ($count) {
        $query->condition('count', $count, '<=');
    }
    $result = $query->execute();
    // If the row has more than the specified count decrement it by that number.
    if (!$result && $count > 0) {
        $query = db_update('file_usage')->condition('module', $module)
            ->condition('fid', $file->fid);
        if ($type && $id) {
            $query->condition('type', $type)
                ->condition('id', $id);
        }
        $query->expression('count', 'count - :count', array(
            ':count' => $count,
        ));
        $query->execute();
    }
}

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