function hook_field_info_alter

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 10 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  2. 9 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  3. 8.9.x core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  4. 7.x modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()

Perform alterations on Field API field types.

Parameters

array $info: Array of information on field types as collected by the "field type" plugin manager.

Related topics

Hooks
Define functions that alter the behavior of Drupal core.
Field Types API
Defines field, widget, display formatter, and storage types.
3 functions implement hook_field_info_alter()

Note: the procedural functions in this list are found by pattern matching, so the list may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

ContentTranslationHooks::fieldInfoAlter in core/modules/content_translation/src/Hook/ContentTranslationHooks.php
Implements hook_field_info_alter().
EntityTypeInfo::fieldInfoAlter in core/modules/workspaces/src/Hook/EntityTypeInfo.php
Implements hook_field_info_alter().
LanguageHooks::fieldInfoAlter in core/modules/language/src/Hook/LanguageHooks.php
Implements hook_field_info_alter().

File

core/modules/field/field.api.php, line 63

Code

function hook_field_info_alter(&$info) {
  // Change the default widget for fields of type 'foo'.
  if (isset($info['foo'])) {
    $info['foo']['default_widget'] = 'my_module_widget';
  }
}

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