1 field.api.php hook_field_attach_submit($entity_type, $entity, $form, &$form_state)

Act on field_attach_submit().

This hook is invoked after the field module has performed the operation.

Parameters

$entity_type: The type of $entity; for example, 'node' or 'user'.

$entity: The entity for which an edit form is being submitted. The incoming form values have been extracted as field values of the $entity object.

$form: The form structure where field elements are attached to. This might be a full form structure, or a sub-part of a larger form. The $form['#parents'] property can be used to identify the corresponding part of $form_state['values'].

$form_state: An associative array containing the current state of the form.

Related topics

Field Attach API Operate on Field API data attached to Backdrop entities. Hooks Allow modules to interact with the Backdrop core.

File

core/modules/field/field.api.php, line 1429
Hooks provided by the Field module.

Code

function hook_field_attach_submit($entity_type, $entity, $form, &$form_state) {
  // Sample case of an 'Empty the field' checkbox added on the form, allowing
  // a given field to be emptied.
  $values = backdrop_array_get_nested_value($form_state['values'], $form['#parents']);
  if (!empty($values['empty_field_foo'])) {
    unset($entity->field_foo);
  }
}