function BaseFieldDefinition::getName

Returns the machine name of the field.

This defines how the field data is accessed from the entity. For example, if the field name is "foo", then $entity->foo returns its data.

Return value

string The field name.

Overrides FieldDefinitionInterface::getName

4 calls to BaseFieldDefinition::getName()
BaseFieldDefinition::getConfig in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
BaseFieldDefinition::getOptionsProvider in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
BaseFieldDefinition::getUniqueIdentifier in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
BaseFieldDefinition::getUniqueStorageIdentifier in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php, line 110

Class

BaseFieldDefinition
A class for defining entity fields.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field

Code

public function getName() {
  return $this->definition['field_name'];
}

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