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delete_collection()

Description

Deletes the collection with reference $ref

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$collection integer

Return

boolean|void

Location

include/collections_functions.php lines 842 to 880

Definition

 
function delete_collection($collection)
{
    global $home_dash, $lang;
    if (!is_array($collection)) {
        $collection = get_collection($collection);
    }
    if (!$collection) {
        return false;
    }
    $ref = $collection["ref"];
    $type = $collection["type"];

    if (!collection_writeable($ref) || is_featured_collection_category_by_children($ref)) {
        return false;
    }

    ps_query("DELETE FROM collection WHERE ref=?", array("i",$ref));
    ps_query("DELETE FROM collection_resource WHERE collection=?", array("i",$ref));
    ps_query("DELETE FROM collection_keyword WHERE collection=?", array("i",$ref));
    ps_query("DELETE FROM external_access_keys WHERE collection=?", array("i",$ref));

    if ($home_dash) {
        // Delete any dash tiles pointing to this collection
        $collection_dash_tiles = ps_array("SELECT ref value FROM dash_tile WHERE link LIKE ?", array("s","%search.php?search=!collection" . $ref . "&%"));
        if (count($collection_dash_tiles) > 0) {
            ps_query("DELETE FROM dash_tile WHERE ref IN (" .  ps_param_insert(count($collection_dash_tiles)) . ")", ps_param_fill($collection_dash_tiles, "i"));
            ps_query("DELETE FROM user_dash_tile WHERE dash_tile IN (" .  ps_param_insert(count($collection_dash_tiles)) . ")", ps_param_fill($collection_dash_tiles, "i"));
        }
    }

    collection_log($ref, LOG_CODE_COLLECTION_DELETED_COLLECTION, 0, $collection["name"] . " (" . $lang["owner"] . ":" . $collection["username"] . ")");

    if ($type === COLLECTION_TYPE_FEATURED) {
        clear_query_cache("featured_collections");
    } else {
        /** {@see create_collection()} */
        clear_query_cache("collection_access{$collection['user']}");
    }
}

This article was last updated 15th February 2025 20:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 13th February 2025 10:30 Europe/London time.