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deleteAnnotation()

Description

Delete annotation

@see getAnnotation()

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$annotation array Annotation array as returned by getAnnotation()

Return

boolean

Location

include/annotation_functions.php lines 253 to 279

Definition

 
function deleteAnnotation(array $annotation)
{
    if (!annotationEditable($annotation)) {
        return false;
    }

    $annotation_ref = $annotation['ref'];
    $parameters = array("i",$annotation_ref);

    $nodes_to_remove = array();
    foreach (getAnnotationTags($annotation) as $tag) {
        $nodes_to_remove[] = $tag['ref'];
    }

    db_begin_transaction("deleteAnnotation");

    if (0 < count($nodes_to_remove)) {
        delete_resource_nodes($annotation['resource'], $nodes_to_remove);
    }

    ps_query("DELETE FROM annotation_node WHERE annotation = ?", $parameters);
    ps_query("DELETE FROM annotation WHERE ref = ?", $parameters);

    db_end_transaction("deleteAnnotation");

    return true;
}

This article was last updated 2nd July 2025 12:05 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 27th January 2025 17:10 Europe/London time.