By cyrill on

Hello!

I need create and update nodes by my module. Some nodes hav cck fields
Tell me please, what is better to use 'node_save' or 'drupal_execute'?

And how can i update nodes by 'drupal_execute'?

Thank you!

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gpk’s picture

gpk commented

node_save. Just feed it a reasonable looking $node object and it will take care of the rest, including supplying defaults in many cases.

>And how can i update nodes by 'drupal_execute'?
Don't know, I've never tried. No need to.

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nevets’s picture

nevets commented

When using node_save() it's generally a good practice to call node_submit() first. So the generally sequence is

$node = new StdClass;
//  Fill in field  values
	
$node = node_submit($node);
node_save($node);
johnhanley’s picture

johnhanley commented

...drupal_execute mimics node creation via a form. This includes form data validation, which needs to be handled programmatically if it fails. node_save just processes the object data directly so you must pre-validate the data yourself.

I would start by using node_save and advance to drupal_execute if your needs become more sophisticated.