function node_access_rebuild

node_access_rebuild($batch_mode = FALSE)

Rebuilds the node access database.

This rebuild is occasionally needed by modules that make system-wide changes to access levels. When the rebuild is required by an admin-triggered action (e.g module settings form), calling node_access_needs_rebuild(TRUE) instead of node_access_rebuild() lets the user perform his changes and actually rebuild only once he is done.

Note : As of Drupal 6, node access modules are not required to (and actually should not) call node_access_rebuild() in hook_install/uninstall anymore.

Parameters

$batch_mode: (optional) Set to TRUE to process in 'batch' mode, spawning processing over several HTTP requests (thus avoiding the risk of PHP timeout if the site has a large number of nodes). hook_update_N() and any form submit handler are safe contexts to use the 'batch mode'. Less decidable cases (such as calls from hook_user(), hook_taxonomy(), etc.) might consider using the non-batch mode. Defaults to FALSE.

See also

node_access_needs_rebuild()

Related topics

Node access rights

The node access system determines who can do what to which nodes.

File

core/modules/node/node.module, line 1144

The core module that allows content to be submitted to the site.

Code

function node_access_rebuild($batch_mode = FALSE) {
  $node_storage = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('node');
  /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeAccessControlHandlerInterface $access_control_handler */
  $access_control_handler = \Drupal::entityManager()->getAccessControlHandler('node');
  $access_control_handler->deleteGrants();
  // Only recalculate if the site is using a node_access module.
  if (count(\Drupal::moduleHandler()->getImplementations('node_grants'))) {
    if ($batch_mode) {
      $batch = array(
        'title' => t('Rebuilding content access permissions'),
        'operations' => array(
          array('_node_access_rebuild_batch_operation', array()),
        ),
        'finished' => '_node_access_rebuild_batch_finished'
      );
      batch_set($batch);
    }
    else {
      // Try to allocate enough time to rebuild node grants
      drupal_set_time_limit(240);

      // Rebuild newest nodes first so that recent content becomes available
      // quickly.
      $entity_query = \Drupal::entityQuery('node');
      $entity_query->sort('nid', 'DESC');
      // Disable access checking since all nodes must be processed even if the
      // user does not have access. And unless the current user has the bypass
      // node access permission, no nodes are accessible since the grants have
      // just been deleted.
      $entity_query->accessCheck(FALSE);
      $nids = $entity_query->execute();
      foreach ($nids as $nid) {
        $node_storage->resetCache(array($nid));
        $node = Node::load($nid);
        // To preserve database integrity, only write grants if the node
        // loads successfully.
        if (!empty($node)) {
          $grants = $access_control_handler->acquireGrants($node);
          \Drupal::service('node.grant_storage')->write($node, $grants);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  else {
    // Not using any node_access modules. Add the default grant.
    $access_control_handler->writeDefaultGrant();
  }

  if (!isset($batch)) {
    drupal_set_message(t('Content permissions have been rebuilt.'));
    node_access_needs_rebuild(FALSE);
  }
}