Obtain information about Field API configuration.
The Field Info API exposes information about field types, fields, instances, bundles, widget types, display formatters, behaviors, and settings defined by or with the Field API.
See Field API for information about the other parts of the Field API.
File
- core/
modules/ field/ field.info.inc, line 7 - Field Info API, providing information about available fields and field types.
Functions
Name |
Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _field_read_fields_cache |
core/ |
Helper function used by _field_info_collate_fields(). |
| _field_info_prepare_instance_widget |
core/ |
Prepares widget specifications for the current run-time context. |
| _field_info_prepare_instance_display |
core/ |
Adapts display specifications to the current run-time context. |
| _field_info_prepare_instance |
core/ |
Prepares an instance definition for the current run-time context. |
| _field_info_prepare_field |
core/ |
Prepares a field definition for the current run-time context. |
| _field_info_prepare_extra_fields |
core/ |
Prepares 'extra fields' for the current run-time context. |
| _field_info_collate_types_reset |
core/ |
Clear collated information on field and widget types and related structures. |
| _field_info_collate_types |
core/ |
Collates all information on field types, widget types and related structures. |
| _field_info_collate_fields_reset |
core/ |
Clear collated information on existing fields and instances. |
| _field_info_collate_fields |
core/ |
Collates all information on existing fields and instances. |
| hook_field_info_max_weight |
core/ |
Returns the maximum weight for the entity components handled by the module. |
| field_info_widget_types |
core/ |
Returns information about field widgets from hook_field_widget_info(). |
| field_info_widget_settings |
core/ |
Returns a field widget's default settings. |
| field_info_storage_types |
core/ |
Returns information about field storage from hook_field_storage_info(). |
| field_info_storage_settings |
core/ |
Returns a field storage type's default settings. |
| field_info_max_weight |
core/ |
Returns the maximum weight of all the components in an entity. |
| field_info_instance_settings |
core/ |
Returns a field type's default instance settings. |
| field_info_instances |
core/ |
Retrieves information about field instances. |
| field_info_instance |
core/ |
Returns an array of instance data for a specific field and bundle. |
| field_info_formatter_types |
core/ |
Returns information about field formatters from hook_field_formatter_info(). |
| field_info_formatter_settings |
core/ |
Returns a field formatter's default settings. |
| field_info_field_types |
core/ |
Returns information about field types from hook_field_info(). |
| field_info_field_settings |
core/ |
Returns a field type's default settings. |
| field_info_field_map |
core/ |
Returns a lightweight map of fields across bundles. |
| field_info_fields |
core/ |
Returns all field definitions. |
| field_info_field |
core/ |
Returns data about an individual field, given a field name. |
| field_info_extra_fields |
core/ |
Returns a list and settings of pseudo-field elements in a given bundle. |
| field_info_cache_clear |
core/ |
Clears the field info cache without clearing the field data cache. |
| field_info_bundles |
core/ |
Returns information about existing bundles. |
| field_formatter_settings_get_instance_display_settings |
core/ |
Get the formatter settings for a field instance and view mode. |
| field_behaviors_widget |
core/ |
Determines the behavior of a widget with respect to an operation. |