Edit and Update Entity schema on drupal 8 | Drupal 8

Edit and Update Entity schema on drupal 8

By editor, 30 September, 2016
Question

How to update schema (field definition) of an Entity of a drupal 8 custom entity ?

Add a new field:

Example 1 Automatic update:

1. Update baseFieldDefinitions() of the Entity.

2. Apply update from a mymodule_update_N(). Ex:

function mymodule_update_8001() {

  //Update Entitys from baseFieldDefinitions();

  \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->applyUpdates();

}

 

Examples from : https://www.drupal.org/node/2554097

API : https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!lib!Drupal!Core!Entity!EntityDefinitionUpdateManager.php/class/EntityDefinitionUpdateManager/8.2.x

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José San Martin (not verified)

7 years 5 months ago

Hello!

Thanks for the snippet, but it looks like it's not recommended. From https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21lib%21Drupal%21Core%21Extension%21module.api.php/function/hook_update_N/8.5.x

Never call \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()::applyUpdates() in an update function, as it will apply updates for any module not only yours, which will lead to unpredictable results.