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Event: OnBeforeEmptyTrash

Fires before the trash is emptied for the site. Also fired by the resources/trash/purge processor when purging already-trashed Resources.

  • Service: 1 - Parser Service Events
  • Group: Resources

Event Parameters

Name Description
ids An array of Resource IDs that will be permanently deleted.
resources An array of the modResource objects that will be deleted. Passed by reference.

Examples

<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnBeforeEmptyTrash':
        // remote resource array
        print_r($ids);
        break;
}
<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnBeforeEmptyTrash':
        // if there is a document with id = 26, then do not delete
        if (in_array("26", $ids)){
            $response = array(
            	'success' => false,
            	'message' => 'HEY! There is a document that cannot be deleted!',
            	'data' => array(),
            );
            echo $modx->toJSON($response);
            exit;
        }
        break;
}

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