Field CRUD API
Create, update, and delete Field API fields, bundles, and instances.
Modules use this API, often in hook_install(), to create custom data structures. UI modules will use it to create a user interface.
The Field CRUD API uses Field API data structures.
See Field API for information about the other parts of the Field API.
File
- modules/field/field.crud.inc, line 8
- Field CRUD API, handling field and field instance creation and deletion.
Functions
Name | Location | Description |
---|---|---|
field_create_field | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Creates a field. |
field_create_instance | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Creates an instance of a field, binding it to a bundle. |
field_delete_field | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Marks a field and its instances and data for deletion. |
field_delete_instance | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Marks a field instance and its data for deletion. |
field_read_field | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Reads a single field record directly from the database. |
field_read_fields | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Reads in fields that match an array of conditions. |
field_read_instance | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Reads a single instance record from the database. |
field_read_instances | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Reads in field instances that match an array of conditions. |
field_update_field | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Updates a field. |
field_update_instance | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Updates an instance of a field. |
hook_field_create_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field being created. |
hook_field_create_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field instance being created. |
hook_field_delete_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field being deleted. |
hook_field_delete_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field instance being deleted. |
hook_field_purge_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Acts when a field record is being purged. |
hook_field_purge_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Acts when a field instance is being purged. |
hook_field_read_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on field records being read from the database. |
hook_field_read_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field record being read from the database. |
hook_field_storage_purge | modules/field/field.api.php | Remove field storage information when field data is purged. |
hook_field_storage_purge_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Remove field storage information when a field record is purged. |
hook_field_storage_purge_field_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Remove field storage information when a field instance is purged. |
hook_field_update_field | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field being updated. |
hook_field_update_forbid | modules/field/field.api.php | Forbid a field update from occurring. |
hook_field_update_instance | modules/field/field.api.php | Act on a field instance being updated. |
_field_write_instance | modules/field/field.crud.inc | Stores an instance record in the field configuration database. |
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