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I would like to have my module to create new nodes (page) when being installed and removing these pages on uninstall.

I tried the following with no success in my mymodule.install file:

<?php

function mymodule_install() {

  $node = new stdClass(); // We create a new node object
  $node->type = "page"; // Or any other content type you want
  $node->title = "Your title goes jere";
  $node->language = LANGUAGE_NONE; // Or any language code if Locale module is enabled. More on this below *
  $node->uid = 1; // Or any id you wish
  $node->path = array('alias' => 'your_node_path'); // Setting a node path
  node_object_prepare($node); // Set some default values.

  // Let's add standard body field
  $node->body[$node->language][0]['value'] = 'This is a body text';
  $node->body[$node->language][0]['summary'] = 'Here goes a summary';
  $node->body[$node->language][0]['format'] = 'filtered_html'; // If field has a format, you need to define it. Here we define a default filtered_html format for a body field

  $node = node_submit($node); // Prepare node for a submit
  node_save($node); // After this call we'll get a nid  

}

This code is cut n' paste from this page.

When I disable/enable the module, the page is not created (at least it does not appear in Content and in the node table of the database).

How should I do it please?

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The problem is that install/uninstall and enable/disable are two separate things in Drupal.

When you enable or disable a module, hook_enable() and hook_disable() are invoked respectively.

When you install or uninstall a module, hook_install() and hook_uninstall() are invoked respectively.

If you want to keep your code in hook_install() / hook_uninstall() you'll need to disable the module, and then uninstall it at http://mysite.com/admin/modules/uninstall. Once you re-install it (which will also enable it), your code will be run.

It might be worth having a think if this code would be better served in hook_enable() / hook_disable(), but it will depend on your particular situation.

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    Sorry for my misunderstanding of the API Clive. And thank you for your help, it works beautifully. I will put in hook_disable() some lines to delete the content created in the _enable() function now. Do you have any recommendation or good practice to keep track (in hook_enable()) of the node ID to be deleted (in hook_disable())?
    – Pascal
    Commented Jun 11, 2012 at 7:41
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    Note: in Drupal 8 these methods have been consolidated. There is no hook_enable or hook_disable anymore, just hook_install and hook_uninstall. See details here: drupal.org/node/2193013
    – bryanbraun
    Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 18:41

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