How to delete a Subtree with the eZ Platform PHP API
This is a code example from the eZ Publish / eZ Platform API Cookbook on how to search and find Content using the eZ Publish content API in Symfony Controllers or Commands:
<?php
/**
* File containing the DeleteSubtree class.
*
* @copyright Copyright (C) eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved.
* @license For full copyright and license information view LICENSE file distributed with this source code.
* @version //autogentag//
*/
namespace EzSystems\CookbookBundle\Command;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
class DeleteSubtree extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
protected function configure()
{
$this->setName( 'ezpublish:cookbook:delete_subtree' )->setDefinition(
array(
new InputArgument( 'location_id', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The subtree\'s root Location ID' )
)
);
}
protected function execute( InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output )
{
/** @var $repository \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Repository */
$repository = $this->getContainer()->get( 'ezpublish.api.repository' );
$locationService = $repository->getLocationService();
$repository->setCurrentUser( $repository->getUserService()->loadUser( 14 ) );
$locationId = $input->getArgument( 'location_id' );
try
{
// We first try to load the location so that a NotFoundException is thrown if the Location doesn't exist
$location = $locationService->loadLocation( $locationId );
$locationService->deleteLocation( $location );
}
catch ( \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Exceptions\NotFoundException $e )
{
$output->writeln( "No location with id $locationId" );
}
}
}
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