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hook_user_update

  1. drupal
    1. 7
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7 hook_user_update(&$edit, $account, $category)

A user account was updated.

Modules may use this hook to update their user data in a custom storage after a user account has been updated.

Parameters

&$edit The array of form values submitted by the user.

$account The user object on which the operation is performed.

$category The active category of user information being edited.

See also

hook_user_presave()

hook_user_insert()

Related topics

Hooks
Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.

Code

drupal/modules/user/user.api.php, line 275

<?php
function hook_user_update(&$edit, $account, $category) {
  db_insert('user_changes')
    ->fields(array(
    'uid' => $account->uid, 
    'changed' => time(),
  ))
    ->execute();
}
?>