Documentation & API reference
function field_info_cache_clear
Clears the field info cache without clearing the field data cache.
This is useful when deleted fields or instances are purged. We need to remove the purged records, but no actual field data items are affected.
Related topics
17 calls to field_info_cache_clear()
- FieldOverview::form in drupal/
core/ modules/ field_ui/ lib/ Drupal/ field_ui/ FieldOverview.php - Overrides Drupal\field_ui\OverviewBase::form().
- field_bundle_settings in drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.module - Gets or sets administratively defined bundle settings.
- field_cache_clear in drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.module - Clears the field info and field data caches.
- field_language_delete in drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.multilingual.inc - Implements hook_language_delete().
- field_language_insert in drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.multilingual.inc - Implements hook_language_insert().
File
- drupal/
core/ modules/ field/ field.info.inc, line 54 - Field Info API, providing information about available fields and field types.
Code
function field_info_cache_clear() {
drupal_static_reset('field_view_mode_settings');
drupal_static_reset('field_available_languages');
// @todo: Remove this when field_attach_*_bundle() bundle management
// functions are moved to the entity API.
entity_info_cache_clear();
_field_info_collate_types_reset();
_field_info_field_cache()
->flush();
}