function field_purge_instance

Purges a field instance record from the database.

This function assumes all data for the instance has already been purged, and should only be called by field_purge_batch().

Parameters

$instance: The instance record to purge.

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File

modules/field/field.crud.inc, line 1061

Field CRUD API, handling field and field instance creation and deletion.

Code

function field_purge_instance($instance) {
  $config = config('field.instance.' . $instance['entity_type'] . '.' . $instance['bundle'] . '.' . $instance['field_name']);
  $config->delete();

  // Notify the storage engine.
  $field = field_info_field($instance['field_name']);
  module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_purge_instance', $instance);

  // Clear the cache.
  field_info_cache_clear();

  // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency.
  module_invoke_all('field_purge_instance', $instance);
}