function field_info_field_types

Returns information about field types from hook_field_info().

Parameters

$field_type: (optional) A field type name. If omitted, all field types will be returned.

Return value

Either a field type description, as provided by hook_field_info(), or an array of all existing field types, keyed by field type name.

Related topics

22 calls to field_info_field_types()
FieldCrudTestCase::testCreateField in modules/field/tests/field.test
Test the creation of a field.
FieldInfo::prepareInstanceDisplay in modules/field/field.info.class.inc
Adapts display specifications to the current run-time context.
FieldInfo::prepareInstanceWidget in modules/field/field.info.class.inc
Prepares widget properties for the current run-time context.
FieldInfoTestCase::testFieldInfo in modules/field/tests/field.test
Test that field types and field definitions are correcly cached.
FieldInfoTestCase::testFieldPrepare in modules/field/tests/field.test
Test that cached field definitions are ready for current runtime context.

... See full list

File

modules/field/field.info.inc, line 333

Code

function field_info_field_types($field_type = NULL) {
    $info = _field_info_collate_types();
    $field_types = $info['field types'];
    if ($field_type) {
        if (isset($field_types[$field_type])) {
            return $field_types[$field_type];
        }
    }
    else {
        return $field_types;
    }
}

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