function hook_field_info_alter

1 field.api.php hook_field_info_alter(&$info)

Perform alterations on Field API field types.

Parameters

$info: Array of information on field types exposed by hook_field_info() implementations.

Related topics

Field Types API Define field types. Hooks Allow modules to interact with the Backdrop core.

1 function implements 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.

user_field_info_alter in core/modules/user/user.module: Implements hook_field_info_alter().

File

core/modules/field/field.api.php, line 186: Hooks provided by the Field module.

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(
      'my_module_additional_setting' => 'default value',
    );
  }

  // Change the default widget for fields of type 'foo'.
  if (isset($info['foo'])) {
    $info['foo']['default widget'] = 'my_module_widget';
  }
}