Returns data about an individual field, given a field name.

Parameters

$field_name: The name of the field to retrieve. $field_name can only refer to a non-deleted, active field. For deleted fields, use field_info_field_by_id(). To retrieve information about inactive fields, use field_read_fields().

Return value

The field array, as returned by field_read_fields(), with an additional element 'bundles', whose value is an array of all the bundles this field belongs to keyed by entity type. NULL if the field was not found.

See also

field_info_field_by_id()

Related topics

62 calls to field_info_field()

CommentFieldsTest::testCommentDefaultFields in modules/comment/comment.test

Tests that the default 'comment_body' field is correctly added.

comment_submit in modules/comment/comment.module

Prepare a comment for submission.

EntityFieldQuery::addFieldCondition in includes/entity.inc

Adds the given condition to the proper condition array.

EntityFieldQuery::fieldOrderBy in includes/entity.inc

Orders the result set by a given field column.

FieldAttachStorageTestCase::testFieldStorageDetailsAlter in modules/field/tests/field.test

Test storage details alteration.

... See full list

File

modules/field/field.info.inc, line 522

Code

function field_info_field($field_name) {
    $cache = _field_info_field_cache();
    return $cache->getField($field_name);
}

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