function hook_field_info_alter

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  3. 10 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_info_alter()
  4. 11.x core/modules/field/field.api.php \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

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 modules/user/user.module
Implements hook_field_info_alter().

File

modules/field/field.api.php, line 196

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';
    }
}

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