How to set moderation state programmatically in Drupal 8 or 9

By hari, 4 April, 2023

Example how to update moderation state for your entity programmatically. Included&nbsp RevisionLogInterface

<?php

use \Drupal\Core\Entity\RevisionLogInterface;

$new_state = 'published';
$entity->set('moderation_state', $new_state);
if ($entity instanceof RevisionLogInterface) {
  $entity->setRevisionLogMessage($form_state->getValue('revision_log'));
  $entity->setRevisionUserId($this->currentUser()->id());
}
$entity->setPublished(TRUE);
$entity->save();

<?php

use \Drupal\Core\Entity\RevisionLogInterface;

$new_state = 'draft';
$entity->set('moderation_state', $new_state);
if ($entity instanceof RevisionLogInterface) {
  $entity->setRevisionLogMessage($form_state->getValue('revision_log'));
  $entity->setRevisionUserId($this->currentUser()->id());
}
$entity->setUnpublished();
$entity->save();

NOTE:

Before 8.3

Use setPublished(TRUE) or setPublished(FALSE) to programatically make published and unpublished content.

After 8.3>

Replace setPublished(TRUE) with setPublished()

Replace setPublished(FALSE) with setUnpublished()

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