Documentation & API reference
function hook_field_info_alter
Perform alterations on Field API field types.
Parameters
$info: Array of information on field types exposed by hook_field_info() implementations.
Related topics
5 functions implement hook_field_info_alter()
Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.
- email_field_info_alter in drupal/
core/ modules/ email/ email.module - Implements hook_field_info_alter().
- entity_reference_entity_field_info_alter in drupal/
core/ modules/ entity_reference/ entity_reference.module - Implements hook_entity_field_info_alter().
- telephone_field_info_alter in drupal/
core/ modules/ telephone/ telephone.module - Implements hook_field_info_alter().
- translation_entity_field_info_alter in drupal/
core/ modules/ translation_entity/ translation_entity.module - Implements hook_field_info_alter().
- user_field_info_alter in drupal/
core/ modules/ user/ user.module - Implements hook_field_info_alter().
File
- drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.api.php, line 195
Code
function hook_field_info_alter(&$info) {
// Add a setting to all field types.
foreach ($info as $field_type => $field_type_info) {
$info[$field_type]['settings'] += array(
'mymodule_additional_setting' => 'default value',
);
}
// Change the default widget for fields of type 'foo'.
if (isset($info['foo'])) {
$info['foo']['default widget'] = 'mymodule_widget';
}
}