Field Info API

Obtains information about Field API configuration.

The Field Info API exposes information about field types, fields, instances, bundles, widget types, display formatters, behaviors, and settings defined by or with the Field API.

See Field API for information about the other parts of the Field API.

File

drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc, line 13

Field Info API, providing information about available fields and field types.

Functions

Name	Location	Description
field_behaviors_widget	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Determines the behavior of a widget with respect to an operation.
field_info_cache_clear	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Clears the field info cache without clearing the field data cache.
field_info_extra_fields	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a list and settings of pseudo-field elements in a given bundle.
field_info_field	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns data about an individual field, given a field name.
field_info_fields	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns all field definitions.
field_info_field_by_id	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns data about an individual field, given a field ID.
field_info_field_by_ids	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns the same data as field_info_field_by_id() for every field.
field_info_field_map	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a lightweight map of fields across bundles.
field_info_field_settings	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a field type's default settings.
field_info_field_types	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns information about field types from hook_field_info().
field_info_formatter_settings	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a field formatter's default settings.
field_info_formatter_types	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns information about field formatters from hook_field_formatter_info().
field_info_instance	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns an array of instance data for a specific field and bundle.
field_info_instances	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Retrieves information about field instances.
field_info_instance_settings	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a field type's default instance settings.
field_info_storage_settings	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a field storage type's default settings.
field_info_storage_types	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns information about field storage from hook_field_storage_info().
field_info_widget_settings	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns a field widget's default settings.
field_info_widget_types	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Returns information about field widgets from AnnotatedClassDiscovery.
_field_info_collate_types	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Collates all information on field types, widget types and related structures.
_field_info_collate_types_reset	drupal/core/modules/field/field.info.inc	Clears collated information on field and widget types and related structures.