VBO hook_entity_update

Question

I would like to perform the following mass action via VBO: send a mail to author of a node.

This mail is configured and sent in a hook_entity_update function.

The beginning of the function is the following :

if (is_null($entity)) return;
if (!isset($entity)) return;

$nid = \Drupal::routeMatch()->getRawParameter('node');
if ($nid) {
 $type = $node->bundle();
 if ($type != 'membre') {
   return;
 }
}
else if ($nid == null) {
 return;
}

...

$mailManager->mail($module, $key, $to_trsf, $langcode, $params, NULL, $send);

test 1: If I update manually the node, the mail is sent.

test 2: If I update the node through a VBO, the mail is not sent because the nid is null, so the "return" statement is done.

Is there a possibility to retrieve the nid of a node when the hook is fired throught a VBO action?

Answer 1

Your problem is that you are using routeMatch() to get the node id, which won't be returned when using VBO.

You said you're using hook_entity_update():

function hook_ENTITY_TYPE_update(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity)

This code assumes that the entity you are running hook_entity_update() for is the node entity.

Since the hook provides the $entity object, you can get the node id like this:

$nid = $entity->id()