_element_info

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Definition

_element_info($type, $refresh = NULL)
includes/form.inc, line 1350

Description

Retrieve the default properties for the defined element type.

Related topics

Name	Description
Form generation	Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.

Code

<?php
function _element_info($type, $refresh = NULL) {
  static $cache;

  $basic_defaults = array(
    '#description' => NULL,
    '#attributes' => array(),
    '#required' => FALSE,
  );
  if (!isset($cache) || $refresh) {
    $cache = array();
    foreach (module_implements('elements') as $module) {
      $elements = module_invoke($module, 'elements');
      if (isset($elements) && is_array($elements)) {
        $cache = array_merge_recursive($cache, $elements);
      }
    }
    if (sizeof($cache)) {
      foreach ($cache as $element_type => $info) {
        $cache[$element_type] = array_merge_recursive($basic_defaults, $info);
      }
    }
  }

  return $cache[$type];
}
?>