Returns all field definitions.

Use of this function should be avoided when possible, since it loads and statically caches a potentially large array of information. Use field_info_field_map() instead.

When iterating over the fields present in a given bundle after a call to field_info_instances($entity_type, $bundle), it is recommended to use field_info_field() on each individual field instead.

Return value

An array of field definitions, keyed by field name. Each field has an additional property, 'bundles', which is an array of all the bundles to which this field belongs keyed by entity type.

See also

field_info_field_map()

Related topics

3 calls to field_info_fields()
FieldInfoTestCase::testFieldInfo in modules/field/tests/field.test
Test that field types and field definitions are correcly cached.
FieldInfoTestCase::testFieldInfoCache in modules/field/tests/field.test
Tests that the field info cache can be built correctly.
file_get_file_references in modules/file/file.module
Retrieves a list of references to a file.

File

modules/field/field.info.inc, line 491
Field Info API, providing information about available fields and field types.

Code

function field_info_fields() {
  $cache = _field_info_field_cache();
  $info = $cache
    ->getFields();
  $fields = array();
  foreach ($info as $key => $field) {
    if (!$field['deleted']) {
      $fields[$field['field_name']] = $field;
    }
  }
  return $fields;
}