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Hi

We have some code in the civicrm_post hook which allocates a unique external id on creation of a new contact. When editing a contact and creating a new employer the hook doesn't get fired with 'create' operation for the new employer and therefore we fail to allocate the external id.

    if ($op == 'create' && isset($objectRef->contact_type) ) {
      // Code here
    }

I would expect this hook to be fired at the data object level and therefore is should fire twice in this circumstance i.e. once for the edit of the contact and also for the creation of the employer record.

Is this is bug or expected behaviour?

If it is expected then what is the workaround to the problem i.e. how can I ensure external id is always allocated to new records using hooks?


Thanks

Parvez