function hook_node_delete

Respond to node deletion.

This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after the type-specific hook_delete() has been invoked, but before hook_entity_delete and field_attach_delete() are called, and before the node is removed from the node table in the database.

Parameters

$node: The node that is being deleted.

Related topics

Node API Hooks
Functions to define and modify content types.
Hooks
Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.
12 functions implement hook_node_delete()

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

book_node_delete in modules/book/book.module
Implements hook_node_delete().
comment_node_delete in modules/comment/comment.module
Implements hook_node_delete().
entity_crud_hook_test_node_delete in modules/simpletest/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.module
Implements hook_node_delete().
forum_node_delete in modules/forum/forum.module
Implements hook_node_delete().
menu_node_delete in modules/menu/menu.module
Implements hook_node_delete().

... See full list

1 invocation of hook_node_delete()
node_delete_multiple in modules/node/node.module
Deletes multiple nodes.

File

modules/node/node.api.php, line 475

Code

function hook_node_delete($node) {
    db_delete('mytable')->condition('nid', $node->nid)
        ->execute();
}

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