why does user_delete() delete content while GUI does not?
rjb - July 9, 2009 - 17:40
Hi,
I use user_delete() in one of my modules, and discovered that all content of the deleted user is deleted as well. Why does this happen?
When using the GUI (at administer->users) to delete a user, the user_delete() function is also called, but the content of that user stays and gets reassigned to the anonymous user. This is what I want.
I call user_delete() this way:
<?php
$user = user_load(array('name' => 'test'));
user_delete(null,$user->uid);
?>The first argument is probably my problem. What do I need to put there in order to prevent deletion of the user's content?
It should behave the same
It should behave the same way for you. Are you sure you are loading a valid user? You should probably have a check something
if ( !empty($user) && $user->uid > 1 ) {user_delete(null,$user->uid);
}
?>
to make sure you have loaded a valid account. The second part is to make sure you do not delete account 0 or 1.
Thanks!
You're right! Account 0 was missing from the "users" table. I probably deleted it earlier because of missing safety checks. I did not know about account 0 until you mentioned it. With account 0 in place, user_delete() works like expected.
Thanks again!