function field_purge_instance

Purges a field instance record from the database.

This function assumes all data for the instance has already been purged, and should only be called by field_purge_batch().

Parameters

$instance: The instance record to purge.

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File

modules/field/field.crud.inc, line 979

Code

function field_purge_instance($instance) {
    db_delete('field_config_instance')->condition('id', $instance['id'])
        ->execute();
    // Notify the storage engine.
    $field = field_info_field_by_id($instance['field_id']);
    module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_purge_instance', $instance);
    // Clear the cache.
    field_info_cache_clear();
    // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency.
    module_invoke_all('field_purge_instance', $instance);
}