How can I load an entity's bundle object from a loaded entity?

sonfd

1/3/23, 1:26 PM

If I want to get an entity's bundle object, with a node, I can do something like:

$bundle_object = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
  ->getStorage('node_type')
  ->load($node->bundle());

But this seems a little long-winded. Is there a way to get the object directly from an entity? Something like $entity->getBundleObject()?

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Clive

1/3/23, 1:37 PM

I doubt you’ll find a generic method for this, not one on the core ContentEntityType anyway - bundles are optional so there isn’t always an object to provide

Ryan Hartman

1/3/23, 1:57 PM

@Clive is correct, if you wanted to shorten this you could create a new [Storage Handler](https://chromatichq.com/insights/creating-and-using-entity-storage-methods)

sonfd

1/3/23, 2:01 PM

Ok, thanks folks. I didn't see one so I figured that was the case, but never really felt great about how I was labeling it.

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4uk4

1/3/23, 5:01 PM

The bundle field is a reference field and you can load the bundle object via the field property entity:

$node_type = $node->type->entity;

More generic for any content entity:

if ($entity->getEntityType()->hasKey('bundle')) {
  $bundle = $entity->get($entity->getEntityType()->getKey('bundle'))->entity;
}

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apaderno

1/3/23, 7:38 PM

Instead of calling `$entity->getEntityType()->hasKey('bundle')` and then `$entity->getEntityType()->getKey('bundle')`, the code can just call `$entity->getEntityType()->getKey('bundle')` which returns `FALSE` when the key doesn't exist, and the key name when that key exists.

4uk4

1/3/23, 8:00 PM

Yes, the *has* method is not really necessary and could be removed. But a lot of people use them to make code easier to read.

4uk4

1/3/23, 8:07 PM

It makes clear, as @Clive commented, that bundles are optional. If the entity type has bundles, the bundle key has to be specified.

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