Recursive deletion
By fdthomas
Hello,
I am wondering how the recursive deletion works within Elgg and if there is perhaps any documentation for this. By recursive deletion I mean how deleting an entity deletes entities that are linked to it. I am looking for an explanation of the code/where that functionality is located in the class structure. Thanks!
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You must log in to post replies.From docs:
"If deleting recursively, this bypasses ownership of items contained by the entity.
That means that if the container_guid = $this->guid, the item will be deleted regardless of who owns it."
Look at this.
An example of how to do this in your class.
If you want to look at the code
https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/b7b6827e6aa3374670414bb9838d4d39e9a9fd4a/engine/classes/Elgg/Database/EntityTable.php#L561-L563
and
https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/b7b6827e6aa3374670414bb9838d4d39e9a9fd4a/engine/classes/Elgg/Database/EntityTable.php#L584