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Template Model Extension Hooks

before_template_insert($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called before the template object is inserted. Changes made to the object will be saved automatically.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('before_template_insert', $this, $this->getValues());

after_template_insert($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called after the template object is inserted. Changes made to the object object will not be saved automatically. Saving the object may trigger the save and update hooks.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('after_template_insert', $this, $this->getValues());

before_template_update($template, $values, $modified)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
$modified Array An array of all the old values that were changed
Returns NULL void

Called before the template object is updated. Changes made to the object will be saved automatically.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('before_template_update', $this, $this->getValues(), $modified);

after_template_update($template, $values, $modified)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
$modified Array An array of all the old values that were changed
Returns NULL void

Called after the template object is updated. Changes made to the object will not be saved automatically. Calling save may fire additional hooks.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('after_template_update', $this, $this->getValues(), $modified);

before_template_save($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called before the template object is inserted or updated. Changes made to the object will be saved automatically.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('before_template_save', $this, $this->getValues());

after_template_save($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called after the template object is inserted or updated. Changes made to the object will not be saved automatically. Calling save may fire additional hooks.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('after_template_save', $this, $this->getValues());

before_template_delete($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called before the template object is deleted. If you are conditionally deleting one of your own models, please consider creating an inverse relationship instead. This will provide better performance and strictly enforce data consistency.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('before_template_delete', $this, $this->getValues());

after_template_delete($template, $values)

Parameter Type Description
$template Object Current Template model object
$values Array The Template model object data as an array
Returns NULL void

Called after the template object is deleted. If you are conditionally deleting one of your own models, please consider creating an inverse relationship instead. This will provide better performance and strictly enforce data consistency.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('after_template_delete', $this, $this->getValues());

before_template_bulk_delete($delete_ids)

Parameter Type Description
$delete_ids Array The primary key IDs of the models being deleted
Returns NULL void

Called before a bulk of template objects are deleted. If you need to do an expensive operation when templates are deleted, it may be more efficient to handle it in bulk here.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('before_template_bulk_delete', $delete_ids);

New in version 4.3.0.

after_template_bulk_delete($delete_ids)

Parameter Type Description
$delete_ids Array The primary key IDs of the models being deleted
Returns NULL void

Called after a bulk of template objects are deleted. If you need to do an expensive operation when templates are deleted, it may be more efficient to handle it in bulk here.

How it’s called:

ee()->extensions->call('after_template_bulk_delete', $delete_ids);

New in version 4.3.0.