[DRUPAL 7] Add Content Type programmatically.

By bonn on 22 Feb 2010 at 08:19 UTC

In Drupal 7, I wanna make a content-type student by installing module Student. Here is what my code look like:

Install Process: Works, I installed it, then check the content was created.

function student_install()
{
    $type_values = array(
		'op' => 'Save content type', 
		'type' => 'student',
        'name' => 'Student', 
		'orig_type' => '', 
		'old_type' => '', 
		'description' => 'Desc', 
		'help' => 'Exp', 
		'title_label' => '', 
		'body_label' => '', 
		'base' => '',
        'custom' => '1', 
		'locked' => '0', 
		'modified' => '1'
	);

    $op = isset($type_values['op']) ? $type_values['op'] : '';

    $type = node_type_set_defaults();

    $type->type = trim($type_values['type']);
    $type->name = trim($type_values['name']);
    $type->orig_type = trim($type_values['orig_type']);
    $type->old_type = isset($type_values['old_type']) ? $type_values['old_type'] : $type->type;

    $type->description = $type_values['description'];
    $type->help = $type_values['help'];
    $type->title_label = $type_values['title_label'];
    $type->body_label = $type_values['body_label'];

    // title_label is required in core; has_title will always be true, unless a
    // module alters the title field.
    $type->has_title = ($type->title_label != '');
    $type->has_body = ($type->body_label != '');

    $type->base = !empty($type_values['base']) ? $type_values['base'] : 'node_content';
    $type->custom = $type_values['custom'];
    $type->modified = true;
    $type->locked = $type_values['locked'];

    variable_set('teaser_length_' . 600);
    variable_set('node_preview_' . 1);

    // Saving the content type after saving the variables allows modules to act
    // on those variables via hook_node_type_insert().
    $status = node_type_save($type);

    node_types_rebuild();
    menu_rebuild();
    $t_args = array('%name' => $type->name);

    if ($status == SAVED_UPDATED)
    {
        drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been updated.', $t_args));
    } elseif ($status == SAVED_NEW)
    {
        drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been added.', $t_args));
        watchdog('node', 'Added content type %name.', $t_args, WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), 'admin/structure/types'));
    }
}

Uninstall Process: this DOESN'T work. I uninstalled the Student module, but the content still exists.

function student_uninstall()
{
	$type_values = array(
		'op' => 'Save content type', 
		'type' => 'student',
        'name' => 'Student', 
		'orig_type' => '', 
		'old_type' => '', 
		'description' => 'Desc', 
		'help' => 'Exp', 
		'title_label' => '', 
		'body_label' => '', 
		'base' => '',
        'custom' => '1', 
		'locked' => '0', 
		'modified' => '1'
	);
	
	node_type_delete($type_values['type']);

    variable_del('teaser_length_' . $type_values['type']);
    variable_del('node_preview_' . $type_values['type']);
    
    $t_args = array('%name' => $type_values['name']);
    drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been deleted.', $t_args));
    watchdog('menu', 'Deleted content type %name.', $t_args, WATCHDOG_NOTICE);

    node_types_rebuild();
    menu_rebuild();
}

My Question:
1. Install Process: Is there any standard ways doing it? coz' I haven't found the docs to create CCK programmatically in Drupal7.
2. Uninstall Process: Why doesn't it work? any helps?

Comments

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WorldFallz commented 22 February 2010 at 15:51

Don't know why it's not working-- but deleting a content type when there is already content created with it can cause all sorts of headaches. Most modules that create content type leave it up to the user to delete them.

There will be a warning on

bonn commented 22 February 2010 at 22:54

There will be a warning on content-type deletion (if it is being used by a content).
thx for the info.

You might want to check the

scb commented 8 February 2011 at 12:25

You might want to check the node_example.module found inside the drupal 7 version of the Examples for developers module.

On uninstall, the module deletes all nodes of the custom content type, and also all fields and field instances before deleting the content type itself.

CCK or Drupal 7 Field API

jason_gates commented 8 February 2011 at 13:04

Hi,
Are you using CCK or the new Drupal 7 Field API?

Hope that helps.
Jason

As I understand, the title of

tomas.teicher commented 30 March 2011 at 11:29

As I understand, the title of this thread should be Add Content type programmatically, not CCK.

take a look through Examples

skaught

English

commented 13 October 2011 at 00:18

should you still be looking...take a look through Examples the node_example seems to cover this topic.

The uninstall process with hook_uninstall()

moss.dev commented 21 November 2011 at 16:12

With the uninstall process you do not need to redefine the content type. Instead try this:

/**
 * Implement of hook_uninstall().
 */

function student_uninstall() {
  // Gather all the example content that might have been created while this
  // module was enabled.  Simple selects still use db_query().
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/db_query/7

  $sql = 'SELECT nid FROM {node} n WHERE n.type = :type';
  $result = db_query($sql, array(':type' => 'student'));
  $nids = array();
  foreach ($result as $row) {
    $nids[] = $row->nid;
  }

  // Delete all the nodes at once
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/node_delete_multiple/7

  node_delete_multiple($nids);


  // Loop over each of the fields defined by this module and delete
  // all instances of the field, their data, and the field itself.
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/field_delete_field/7

  foreach (array_keys(_student_installed_fields()) as $field) {
    field_delete_field($field);
  }

  // Delete our content type
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/node_type_delete/7

  node_type_delete('student');

  // Purge all field information
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/field_purge_batch/7

  field_purge_batch(1000);
}

Well, this example seems very

spM-1 commented 10 December 2011 at 21:40

Well, this example seems very much as a bare edit of the hook_uninstall of the node_example.install file somewhere referenced in the previous posts. But, this should also not work, because there is this open bug report in the node_example module of content type being still present even after uninstalling the module.

Modify code

lalit774 commented 17 December 2013 at 20:33

$sql = 'SELECT nid FROM {node} n WHERE n.type = :type';
  $result = db_query($sql, array(':type' => 'student'));
  $nids = array();
  foreach ($result as $row) {
    $nids[] = $row->nid;
  }
  // Delete all the nodes at once
  // api.drupal.org/api/function/node_delete_multiple/7
  node_delete_multiple($nids);

Replace with following

 $results = db_select('node', 'n')
            ->fields('n', array('nid'))
            ->condition('type', 'student', '=')
            ->execute();
  foreach ($results as $result) {
    $nids[] = $result->nid;
  }
  if (!empty($nids)) {
    node_delete_multiple($nids);
  }

Hi,

sagar ramgade commented 18 December 2013 at 07:27

Hi,

You should be deleting the content type student using :

node_type_delete('student'); //this will take care of fields too

Also to remove student nodes you should use hook_node_type_delete (http://api.drupal.org/hook_node_type_delete), inside this you should write your logic of node_delete_multiple.

Also to define a content type, you may use : hook_node_info (http://api.drupal.org/hook_node_info)

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[DRUPAL 7] Add Content Type programmatically.

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There will be a warning on

You might want to check the

CCK or Drupal 7 Field API

As I understand, the title of

take a look through Examples

The uninstall process with hook_uninstall()

Well, this example seems very

Modify code

Hi,

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