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Programmatically delete fields and content types
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| <?php | |
| // Array of content types. | |
| $types = array('page', 'article'); | |
| foreach ($types as $type) { | |
| // 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' => $type)); | |
| $nids = array(); | |
| foreach ($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 (field_info_instances('node', $type) as $field_name => $field) { | |
| field_delete_field($field_name); | |
| } | |
| // Delete our content type | |
| // api.drupal.org/api/function/node_type_delete/7 | |
| node_type_delete($type); | |
| // Purge all field information | |
| // api.drupal.org/api/function/field_purge_batch/7 | |
| field_purge_batch(1000); | |
| } | |
| ?> |
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