$field_name. * - type (string) * The type of the field, such as 'text' or 'image'. Field types * are defined by modules that implement hook_field_info(). * - cardinality (integer) * The number of values the field can hold. Legal values are any * positive integer or FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED. * - translatable (integer) * Whether the field is translatable. * - locked (integer) * TODO: undefined. * - module (string, read-only) * The name of the module that implements the field type. * - active (integer, read-only) * TRUE if the module that implements the field type is currently * enabled, FALSE otherwise. * - deleted (integer, read-only) * TRUE if this field has been deleted, FALSE otherwise. Deleted * fields are ignored by the Field Attach API. This property exists * because fields can be marked for deletion but only actually * destroyed by a separate garbage-collection process. * - columns (array, read-only). * An array of the Field API columns used to store each value of * this field. The column list may depend on field settings; it is * not constant per field type. Field API column specifications are * exactly like Schema API column specifications but, depending on * the field storage module in use, the name of the column may not * represent an actual column in an SQL database. * - indexes (array). * An array of indexes on data columns, using the same definition format * as Schema API index specifications. Only columns that appear in the * 'columns' setting are allowed. Note that field types can specify * default indexes, which can be modified or added to when * creating a field. * - settings (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of field-type-specific settings. Each * field type module defines and documents its own field settings. * - storage (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs identifying the storage backend to use for * the for the field. * - type (string) * The storage backend used by the field. Storage backends are defined * by modules that implement hook_field_storage_info(). * - module (string, read-only) * The name of the module that implements the storage backend. * - active (integer, read-only) * TRUE if the module that implements the storage backend is currently * enabled, FALSE otherwise. * - settings (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of settings. Each storage backend * defines and documents its own settings. * * Field Instance objects are (currently) represented as an array of * key/value pairs. The object properties are: * * @param array $instance: * - id (integer, read-only) * The primary identifier of this field instance. It is assigned * automatically by field_create_instance(). * - field_id (integer, read-only) * The foreign key of the field attached to the bundle by this instance. * It is populated automatically by field_create_instance(). * - field_name (string) * The name of the field attached to the bundle by this instance. * - object_type (string) * The name of the object type the instance is attached to. * - bundle (string) * The name of the bundle that the field is attached to. * - label (string) * A human-readable label for the field when used with this * bundle. For example, the label will be the title of Form API * elements for this instance. * - description (string) * A human-readable description for the field when used with this * bundle. For example, the description will be the help text of * Form API elements for this instance. * - required (integer) * TRUE if a value for this field is required when used with this * bundle, FALSE otherwise. Currently, required-ness is only enforced * during Form API operations, not by field_attach_load(), * field_attach_insert(), or field_attach_update(). * - default_value_function (string) * The name of the function, if any, that will provide a default value. * - deleted (integer, read-only) * TRUE if this instance has been deleted, FALSE otherwise. * Deleted instances are ignored by the Field Attach API. * This property exists because instances can be marked for deletion but * only actually destroyed by a separate garbage-collection process. * - settings (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of field-type-specific instance * settings. Each field type module defines and documents its own * instance settings. * - widget (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs identifying the Form API input widget * for the field when used by this bundle. * - type (string) * The type of the widget, such as text_textfield. Widget types * are defined by modules that implement hook_field_widget_info(). * - settings (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of widget-type-specific settings. * Each field widget type module defines and documents its own * widget settings. * - weight (float) * The weight of the widget relative to the other elements in object * edit forms. * - module (string, read-only) * The name of the module that implements the widget type. * - display (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs identifying view modes and the way the * field values should be displayed in each mode. * - full (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of the display options to be used * when the field is being displayed in the "full" view mode. * - label (string) * Position of the label. 'inline', 'above' and 'hidden' are the * values recognized by the default 'field' theme implementation. * - type (string) * The type of the display formatter, or 'hidden' for no display. * - settings (array) * A sub-array of key/value pairs of display options specific to * the formatter. * - weight (float) * The weight of the field relative to the other object components * displayed in this view mode. * - module (string, read-only) * The name of the module which implements the display formatter. * - teaser * - ... * - other_mode * - ... * * Bundles are represented by two strings, an entity type and a bundle name. * * TODO D7 : document max length for field types, widget types, * formatter names... */ /** * @} End of "defgroup field_structs". */ /** * @defgroup field_crud 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 * @link field_structs Field API data structures @endlink. */ /** * Creates a field. * * This function does not bind the field to any bundle; use * field_create_instance() for that. * * @param $field * A field definition array. The field_name and type properties are required. * Other properties, if omitted, will be given the following default values: * - cardinality: 1 * - locked: FALSE * - indexes: the field-type indexes, specified by the field type's * hook_field_schema(). The indexes specified in $field are added * to those default indexes. It is possible to override the * definition of a field-type index by providing an index with the * same name, or to remove it by redefining it as an empty array * of columns. Overriding field-type indexes should be done * carefully, for it might seriously affect the site's performance. * - settings: each omitted setting is given the default value defined in * hook_field_info(). * - storage: * - type: the storage backend specified in the 'field_default_storage' * system variable. * - settings: each omitted setting is given the default value specified in * hook_field_storage_info(). * @return * The $field array with the id property filled in. * @throw * FieldException */ function field_create_field($field) { // Field name is required. if (empty($field['field_name'])) { throw new FieldException('Attempt to create an unnamed field.'); } // Field type is required. if (empty($field['type'])) { throw new FieldException('Attempt to create a field with no type.'); } // Field name cannot contain invalid characters. if (!preg_match('/^[_a-z]+[_a-z0-9]*$/', $field['field_name'])) { throw new FieldException('Attempt to create a field with invalid characters. Only lowercase alphanumeric characters and underscores are allowed, and only lowercase letters and underscore are allowed as the first character'); } // Field name cannot be longer than 32 characters. We use drupal_strlen() // because the DB layer assumes that column widths are given in characters, // not bytes. if (drupal_strlen($field['field_name']) > 32) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create a field with a name longer than 32 characters: %name', array('%name' => $field['field_name']))); } // Ensure the field name is unique over active and disabled fields. // We do not care about deleted fields. $prior_field = field_read_field($field['field_name'], array('include_inactive' => TRUE)); if (!empty($prior_field)) { $message = $prior_field['active']? t('Attempt to create field name %name which already exists and is active.', array('%name' => $field['field_name'])): t('Attempt to create field name %name which already exists, although it is inactive.', array('%name' => $field['field_name'])); throw new FieldException($message); } // Disallow reserved field names. This can't prevent all field name // collisions with existing object properties, but some is better // than none. foreach (entity_get_info() as $type => $info) { if (in_array($field['field_name'], $info['object keys'])) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create field name %name which is reserved by entity type %type.', array('%name' => $field['field_name'], '%type' => $type))); } } $field += array( 'cardinality' => 1, 'translatable' => FALSE, 'locked' => FALSE, 'settings' => array(), 'storage' => array(), 'deleted' => 0, ); // Check that the field type is known. $field_type = field_info_field_types($field['type']); if (!$field_type) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create a field of unknown type %type.', array('%type' => $field['type']))); } // Create all per-field-type properties (needed here as long as we have // settings that impact column definitions). $field['settings'] += field_info_field_settings($field['type']); $field['module'] = $field_type['module']; $field['active'] = 1; // Provide default storage. $field['storage'] += array( 'type' => variable_get('field_storage_default', 'field_sql_storage'), 'settings' => array(), ); // Check that the storage type is known. $storage_type = field_info_storage_types($field['storage']['type']); if (!$storage_type) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create a field with unknown storage type %type.', array('%type' => $field['storage']['type']))); } // Provide default storage settings. $field['storage']['settings'] += field_info_storage_settings($field['storage']['type']); $field['storage']['module'] = $storage_type['module']; $field['storage']['active'] = 1; // Collect storage information. $schema = (array) module_invoke($field['module'], 'field_schema', $field); $schema += array('columns' => array(), 'indexes' => array()); // 'columns' are hardcoded in the field type. $field['columns'] = $schema['columns']; // 'indexes' can be both hardcoded in the field type, and specified in the // incoming $field definition. $field += array( 'indexes' => array(), ); $field['indexes'] += $schema['indexes']; // The serialized 'data' column contains everything from $field that does not // have its own column and is not automatically populated when the field is // read. $data = $field; unset($data['columns'], $data['field_name'], $data['type'], $data['active'], $data['module'], $data['storage_type'], $data['storage_active'], $data['storage_module'], $data['locked'], $data['cardinality'], $data['deleted']); $record = array( 'field_name' => $field['field_name'], 'type' => $field['type'], 'module' => $field['module'], 'active' => $field['active'], 'storage_type' => $field['storage']['type'], 'storage_module' => $field['storage']['module'], 'storage_active' => $field['storage']['active'], 'locked' => $field['locked'], 'data' => $data, 'cardinality' => $field['cardinality'], 'translatable' => $field['translatable'], 'deleted' => $field['deleted'], ); // Store the field and get the id back. drupal_write_record('field_config', $record); $field['id'] = $record['id']; // Invoke hook_field_storage_create_field after the field is // complete (e.g. it has its id). try { // Invoke hook_field_storage_create_field after // drupal_write_record() sets the field id. module_invoke($storage_type['module'], 'field_storage_create_field', $field); } catch (Exception $e) { // If storage creation failed, remove the field_config record before // rethrowing the exception. db_delete('field_config') ->condition('id', $field['id']) ->execute(); throw $e; } // Clear caches field_cache_clear(TRUE); // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency. module_invoke_all('field_create_field', $field); return $field; } /** * Updates a field. * * Any module may forbid any update for any reason. For example, the * field's storage module might forbid an update if it would change * the storage schema while data for the field exists. A field type * module might forbid an update if it would change existing data's * semantics, or if there are external dependencies on field settings * that cannot be updated. * * @param $field * A field structure. $field['field_name'] must provided; it * identifies the field that will be updated to match this * structure. Any other properties of the field that are not * specified in $field will be left unchanged, so it is not * necessary to pass in a fully populated $field structure. * @return * Throws a FieldException if the update cannot be performed. * @see field_create_field() */ function field_update_field($field) { // Check that the specified field exists. $prior_field = field_read_field($field['field_name']); if (empty($prior_field)) { throw new FieldException('Attempt to update a non-existent field.'); } // Use the prior field values for anything not specifically set by the new // field to be sure that all values are set. $field += $prior_field; $field['settings'] += $prior_field['settings']; // Some updates are always disallowed. if ($field['type'] != $prior_field['type']) { throw new FieldException("Cannot change an existing field's type."); } if ($field['storage']['type'] != $prior_field['storage']['type']) { throw new FieldException("Cannot change an existing field's storage type."); } // Collect the new storage information, since what is in // $prior_field may no longer be right. $schema = (array) module_invoke($field['module'], 'field_schema', $field); $schema += array('columns' => array(), 'indexes' => array()); // 'columns' are hardcoded in the field type. $field['columns'] = $schema['columns']; // 'indexes' can be both hardcoded in the field type, and specified in the // incoming $field definition. $field += array( 'indexes' => array(), ); $field['indexes'] += $schema['indexes']; $has_data = field_has_data($field); // See if any module forbids the update by throwing an exception. foreach (module_implements('field_update_forbid') as $module) { $function = $module . '_field_update_forbid'; $function($field, $prior_field, $has_data); } // Tell the storage engine to update the field. Do this before // saving the new definition since it still might fail. module_invoke(variable_get('field_storage_module', 'field_sql_storage'), 'field_storage_update_field', $field, $prior_field, $has_data); // Save the new field definition. @todo: refactor with // field_create_field. // The serialized 'data' column contains everything from $field that does not // have its own column and is not automatically populated when the field is // read. $data = $field; unset($data['columns'], $data['field_name'], $data['type'], $data['locked'], $data['module'], $data['cardinality'], $data['active'], $data['deleted']); $field['data'] = $data; // Store the field and create the id. $primary_key = array('id'); drupal_write_record('field_config', $field, $primary_key); // Clear caches field_cache_clear(TRUE); // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency. module_invoke_all('field_update_field', $field, $prior_field, $has_data); } /** * Reads a single field record directly from the database. * * Generally, you should use the field_info_field() instead. * * This function will not return deleted fields. Use * field_read_fields() instead for this purpose. * * @param $field_name * The field name to read. * @param array $include_additional * The default behavior of this function is to not return a field that * is inactive. Setting * $include_additional['include_inactive'] to TRUE will override this * behavior. * @return * A field definition array, or FALSE. */ function field_read_field($field_name, $include_additional = array()) { $fields = field_read_fields(array('field_name' => $field_name), $include_additional); return $fields ? current($fields) : FALSE; } /** * Reads in fields that match an array of conditions. * * @param array $params * An array of conditions to match against. * @param array $include_additional * The default behavior of this function is to not return fields that * are inactive or have been deleted. Setting * $include_additional['include_inactive'] or * $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will override this * behavior. * @return * An array of fields matching $params. If * $include_additional['include_deleted'] is TRUE, the array is keyed * by field id, otherwise it is keyed by field name. */ function field_read_fields($params = array(), $include_additional = array()) { $query = db_select('field_config', 'fc', array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)); $query->fields('fc'); // Turn the conditions into a query. foreach ($params as $key => $value) { $query->condition($key, $value); } if (!isset($include_additional['include_inactive']) || !$include_additional['include_inactive']) { $query ->condition('fc.active', 1) ->condition('fc.storage_active', 1); } $include_deleted = (isset($include_additional['include_deleted']) && $include_additional['include_deleted']); if (!$include_deleted) { $query->condition('fc.deleted', 0); } $fields = array(); $results = $query->execute(); foreach ($results as $record) { $field = unserialize($record['data']); $field['id'] = $record['id']; $field['field_name'] = $record['field_name']; $field['type'] = $record['type']; $field['module'] = $record['module']; $field['active'] = $record['active']; $field['storage']['type'] = $record['storage_type']; $field['storage']['module'] = $record['storage_module']; $field['storage']['active'] = $record['storage_active']; $field['locked'] = $record['locked']; $field['cardinality'] = $record['cardinality']; $field['translatable'] = $record['translatable']; $field['deleted'] = $record['deleted']; module_invoke_all('field_read_field', $field); // Populate storage information. $schema = (array) module_invoke($field['module'], 'field_schema', $field); $schema += array('columns' => array(), 'indexes' => array()); $field['columns'] = $schema['columns']; $field_name = $field['field_name']; if ($include_deleted) { $field_name = $field['id']; } $fields[$field_name] = $field; } return $fields; } /** * Marks a field and its instances and data for deletion. * * @param $field_name * The field name to delete. */ function field_delete_field($field_name) { // Delete all non-deleted instances. $field = field_info_field($field_name); if (isset($field['bundles'])) { foreach ($field['bundles'] as $obj_type => $bundles) { foreach ($bundles as $bundle) { $instance = field_info_instance($obj_type, $field_name, $bundle); field_delete_instance($instance); } } } // Mark field data for deletion. module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_delete_field', $field); // Mark the field for deletion. db_update('field_config') ->fields(array('deleted' => 1)) ->condition('field_name', $field_name) ->execute(); // Clear the cache. field_cache_clear(TRUE); module_invoke_all('field_delete_field', $field); } /** * Creates an instance of a field, binding it to a bundle. * * @param $instance * A field instance definition array. The field_name, object_type and * bundle properties are required. Other properties, if omitted, * will be given the following default values: * - label: the field name * - description: empty string * - weight: 0 * - required: FALSE * - default_value_function: empty string * - settings: each omitted setting is given the default value specified in * hook_field_info(). * - widget: * - type: the default widget specified in hook_field_info(). * - settings: each omitted setting is given the default value specified in * hook_field_widget_info(). * - display: * Settings for the 'full' view mode will be added, and each view mode * will be completed with the following default values: * - label: 'above' * - type: the default formatter specified in hook_field_info(). * - settings: each omitted setting is given the default value specified in * hook_field_formatter_info(). * @return * The $instance array with the id property filled in. * @throw * FieldException */ function field_create_instance($instance) { $field = field_read_field($instance['field_name']); if (empty($field)) { throw new FieldException("Attempt to create an instance of a field that doesn't exist or is currently inactive."); } // Check that the required properties exists. if (empty($instance['object_type'])) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create an instance of field @field_name without an object type.', array('@field_name' => $instance['field_name']))); } if (empty($instance['bundle'])) { throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create an instance of field @field_name without a bundle.', array('@field_name' => $instance['field_name']))); } // Set the field id. $instance['field_id'] = $field['id']; // Note that we do *not* prevent creating a field on non-existing bundles, // because that would break the 'Body as field' upgrade for contrib // node types. // TODO: Check that the widget type is known and can handle the field type ? // TODO: Check that the formatters are known and can handle the field type ? // TODO: Check that the display view modes are known for the object type ? // Those checks should probably happen in _field_write_instance() ? // Problem : this would mean that a UI module cannot update an instance with a disabled formatter. // Ensure the field instance is unique within the bundle. // We only check for instances of active fields, since adding an instance of // a disabled field is not supported. $prior_instance = field_read_instance($instance['object_type'], $instance['field_name'], $instance['bundle']); if (!empty($prior_instance)) { $message = t('Attempt to create a field instance that already exists.'); throw new FieldException($message); } _field_write_instance($instance); // Clear caches field_cache_clear(); // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency. module_invoke_all('field_create_instance', $instance); return $instance; } /** * Updates an instance of a field. * * @param $instance * An associative array representing an instance structure. The required * keys and values are: * field_name: The name of an existing field. * bundle: The bundle this field belongs to. * Read-only_id properties are assigned automatically. Any other * properties specified in $instance overwrite the existing values for * the instance. * @throw * FieldException * @see field_create_instance() */ function field_update_instance($instance) { // Check that the specified field exists. $field = field_read_field($instance['field_name']); if (empty($field)) { throw new FieldException("Attempt to update an instance of a nonexistent field."); } // Check that the field instance exists (even if it is inactive, since we // want to be able to replace inactive widgets with new ones). $prior_instance = field_read_instance($instance['object_type'], $instance['field_name'], $instance['bundle'], array('include_inactive' => TRUE)); if (empty($prior_instance)) { throw new FieldException("Attempt to update a field instance that doesn't exist."); } $instance['id'] = $prior_instance['id']; $instance['field_id'] = $prior_instance['field_id']; _field_write_instance($instance, TRUE); // Clear caches. field_cache_clear(); } /** * Stores an instance record in the field configuration database. * * @param $instance * An instance structure. * @param $update * Whether this is a new or existing instance. */ function _field_write_instance($instance, $update = FALSE) { $field = field_read_field($instance['field_name']); $field_type = field_info_field_types($field['type']); // Set defaults. $instance += array( 'settings' => array(), 'display' => array(), 'widget' => array(), 'required' => FALSE, 'label' => $instance['field_name'], 'description' => '', 'weight' => 0, 'deleted' => 0, ); // Set default instance settings. $instance['settings'] += field_info_instance_settings($field['type']); // Set default widget and settings. $instance['widget'] += array( // TODO: what if no 'default_widget' specified ? 'type' => $field_type['default_widget'], 'settings' => array(), 'weight' => 0, ); // Check widget module. $widget_type = field_info_widget_types($instance['widget']['type']); $instance['widget']['module'] = $widget_type['module']; $instance['widget']['settings'] += field_info_widget_settings($instance['widget']['type']); // Make sure there is at least display info for the 'full' view mode. $instance['display'] += array( 'full' => array(), ); // Set default display settings for each view mode. foreach ($instance['display'] as $view_mode => $display) { $instance['display'][$view_mode] += array( 'label' => 'above', // TODO: what if no 'default_formatter' specified ? 'type' => $field_type['default_formatter'], 'settings' => array(), 'weight' => 0, ); $formatter_type = field_info_formatter_types($instance['display'][$view_mode]['type']); // TODO : 'hidden' will raise PHP warnings. $instance['display'][$view_mode]['module'] = $formatter_type['module']; $instance['display'][$view_mode]['settings'] += field_info_formatter_settings($instance['display'][$view_mode]['type']); } // The serialized 'data' column contains everything from $instance that does // not have its own column and is not automatically populated when the // instance is read. $data = $instance; unset($data['id'], $data['field_id'], $data['field_name'], $data['bundle'], $data['deleted']); $record = array( 'field_id' => $instance['field_id'], 'field_name' => $instance['field_name'], 'object_type' => $instance['object_type'], 'bundle' => $instance['bundle'], 'data' => $data, 'deleted' => $instance['deleted'], ); // We need to tell drupal_update_record() the primary keys to trigger an // update. if ($update) { $record['id'] = $instance['id']; $primary_key = array('id'); } else { $primary_key = array(); } drupal_write_record('field_config_instance', $record, $primary_key); } /** * Reads a single instance record directly from the database. * * Generally, you should use the field_info_instance() instead. * * This function will not return deleted instances. Use * field_read_instances() instead for this purpose. * * @param $obj_type * The type of object to which the field is bound. * @param $field_name * The field name to read. * @param $bundle * The bundle to which the field is bound. * @param array $include_additional * The default behavior of this function is to not return an instance that * has been deleted, or whose field is inactive. Setting * $include_additional['include_inactive'] or * $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will override this * behavior. * @return * An instance structure, or FALSE. */ function field_read_instance($obj_type, $field_name, $bundle, $include_additional = array()) { $instances = field_read_instances(array('object_type' => $obj_type, 'field_name' => $field_name, 'bundle' => $bundle), $include_additional); return $instances ? current($instances) : FALSE; } /** * Reads in field instances that match an array of conditions. * * @param $param * An array of properties to use in selecting a field * instance. Valid keys include any column of the * field_config_instance table. If NULL, all instances will be returned. * @param $include_additional * The default behavior of this function is to not return field * instances that have been marked deleted, or whose field is inactive. * Setting $include_additional['include_inactive'] or * $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will override this * behavior. * @return * An array of instances matching the arguments. */ function field_read_instances($params = array(), $include_additional = array()) { $query = db_select('field_config_instance', 'fci', array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)); $query->join('field_config', 'fc', 'fc.id = fci.field_id'); $query->fields('fci'); // Turn the conditions into a query. foreach ($params as $key => $value) { $query->condition('fci.' . $key, $value); } if (!isset($include_additional['include_inactive']) || !$include_additional['include_inactive']) { $query ->condition('fc.active', 1) ->condition('fc.storage_active', 1); } if (!isset($include_additional['include_deleted']) || !$include_additional['include_deleted']) { $query->condition('fc.deleted', 0); $query->condition('fci.deleted', 0); } $instances = array(); $results = $query->execute(); foreach ($results as $record) { $instance = unserialize($record['data']); $instance['id'] = $record['id']; $instance['field_id'] = $record['field_id']; $instance['field_name'] = $record['field_name']; $instance['object_type'] = $record['object_type']; $instance['bundle'] = $record['bundle']; $instance['deleted'] = $record['deleted']; module_invoke_all('field_read_instance', $instance); $instances[] = $instance; } return $instances; } /** * Marks a field instance and its data for deletion. * * @param $instance * An instance structure. */ function field_delete_instance($instance) { // Mark the field instance for deletion. db_update('field_config_instance') ->fields(array('deleted' => 1)) ->condition('field_name', $instance['field_name']) ->condition('object_type', $instance['object_type']) ->condition('bundle', $instance['bundle']) ->execute(); // Mark instance data for deletion. $field = field_info_field($instance['field_name']); module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_delete_instance', $instance); // Clear the cache. field_cache_clear(); module_invoke_all('field_delete_instance', $instance); } /** * @} End of "defgroup field_crud". */ /** * @defgroup field_purge Field API bulk data deletion * @{ * Clean up after Field API bulk deletion operations. * * Field API provides functions for deleting data attached to individual * objects as well as deleting entire fields or field instances in a single * operation. * * Deleting field data items for an object with field_attach_delete() involves * three separate operations: * - Invoking the Field Type API hook_field_delete() for each field on the * object. The hook for each field type receives the object and the specific * field being deleted. A file field module might use this hook to delete * uploaded files from the filesystem. * - Invoking the Field Storage API hook_field_storage_delete() to remove * data from the primary field storage. The hook implementation receives the * object being deleted and deletes data for all of the object's bundle's * fields. * - Invoking the global Field Attach API hook_field_attach_delete() for all * modules that implement it. Each hook implementation receives the object * being deleted and can operate on whichever subset of the object's bundle's * fields it chooses to. * * These hooks are invoked immediately when field_attach_delete() is * called. Similar operations are performed for field_attach_delete_revision(). * * When a field, bundle, or field instance is deleted, it is not practical to * invoke these hooks immediately on every affected object in a single page * request; there could be thousands or millions of them. Instead, the * appropriate field data items, instances, and/or fields are marked as deleted * so that subsequent load or query operations will not return them. Later, a * separate process cleans up, or "purges", the marked-as-deleted data by going * through the three-step process described above and, finally, removing * deleted field and instance records. * * Purging field data is made somewhat tricky by the fact that, while * field_attach_delete() has a complete object to pass to the various deletion * hooks, the Field API purge process only has the field data it has previously * stored. It cannot reconstruct complete original objects to pass to the * deletion hooks. It is even possible that the original object to which some * Field API data was attached has been itself deleted before the field purge * operation takes place. * * Field API resolves this problem by using "pseudo-objects" during purge * operations. A pseudo-object contains only the information from the original * object that Field API knows about: entity type, id, revision id, and * bundle. It also contains the field data for whichever field instance is * currently being purged. For example, suppose that the node type 'story' used * to contain a field called 'subtitle' but the field was deleted. If node 37 * was a story with a subtitle, the pseudo-object passed to the purge hooks * would look something like this: * * @code * $obj = stdClass Object( * [nid] => 37, * [vid] => 37, * [type] => 'story', * [subtitle] => array( * [0] => array( * 'value' => 'subtitle text', * ), * ), * ); * @endcode */ /** * Purges a batch of deleted Field API data, instances, or fields. * * This function will purge deleted field data on up to a specified maximum * number of objects and then return. If a deleted field instance with no * remaining data records is found, the instance itself will be purged. * If a deleted field with no remaining field instances is found, the field * itself will be purged. * * @param $batch_size * The maximum number of field data records to purge before returning. */ function field_purge_batch($batch_size) { // Retrieve all deleted field instances. We cannot use field_info_instances() // because that function does not return deleted instances. $instances = field_read_instances(array('deleted' => 1), array('include_deleted' => 1)); foreach ($instances as $instance) { $field = field_info_field_by_id($instance['field_id']); // Retrieve some pseudo-objects. $obj_types = field_attach_query($instance['field_id'], array(array('bundle', $instance['bundle']), array('deleted', 1)), array('limit' => $batch_size)); if (count($obj_types) > 0) { // Field data for the instance still exists. foreach ($obj_types as $obj_type => $objects) { field_attach_load($obj_type, $objects, FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT, array('field_id' => $field['id'], 'deleted' => 1)); foreach ($objects as $id => $object) { // field_attach_query() may return more results than we asked for. // Stop when he have done our batch size. if ($batch_size-- <= 0) { return; } // Purge the data for the object. field_purge_data($obj_type, $object, $field, $instance); } } } else { // No field data remains for the instance, so we can remove it. field_purge_instance($instance); } } // Retrieve all deleted fields. Any that have no bundles can be purged. $fields = field_read_fields(array('deleted' => 1), array('include_deleted' => 1)); foreach ($fields as $field) { // field_read_fields() does not return $field['bundles'] which we need. $field = field_info_field_by_id($field['id']); if (!isset($field['bundles']) || count($field['bundles']) == 0) { field_purge_field($field); } } } /** * Purges the field data for a single field on a single pseudo-object. * * This is basically the same as field_attach_delete() except it only applies * to a single field. The object itself is not being deleted, and it is quite * possible that other field data will remain attached to it. * * @param $obj_type * The type of $object; e.g. 'node' or 'user'. * @param $object * The pseudo-object whose field data to delete. * @param $field * The (possibly deleted) field whose data is being purged. * @param $instance * The deleted field instance whose data is being purged. */ function field_purge_data($obj_type, $object, $field, $instance) { // Each field type's hook_field_delete() only expects to operate on a single // field at a time, so we can use it as-is for purging. $options = array('field_id' => $instance['field_id'], 'deleted' => TRUE); _field_invoke('delete', $obj_type, $object, $dummy, $dummy, $options); // Tell the field storage system to purge the data. module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_purge', $obj_type, $object, $field, $instance); // Let other modules act on purging the data. foreach (module_implements('field_attach_purge') as $module) { $function = $module . '_field_attach_purge'; $function($obj_type, $object, $field, $instance); } } /** * Purges a field instance record from the database. * * This function assumes all data for the instance has already been purged, and * should only be called by field_purge_batch(). * * @param $instance * The instance record to purge. */ function field_purge_instance($instance) { db_delete('field_config_instance') ->condition('id', $instance['id']) ->execute(); // Notify the storage engine. $field = field_info_field_by_id($instance['field_id']); module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_purge_instance', $instance); // Clear the cache. field_info_cache_clear(); // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency. module_invoke_all('field_purge_instance', $instance); } /** * Purges a field record from the database. * * This function assumes all instances for the field has already been purged, * and should only be called by field_purge_batch(). * * @param $field * The field record to purge. */ function field_purge_field($field) { $instances = field_read_instances(array('field_id' => $field['id']), array('include_deleted' => 1)); if (count($instances) > 0) { throw new FieldException("Attempt to purge a field that still has instances."); } db_delete('field_config') ->condition('id', $field['id']) ->execute(); // Notify the storage engine. module_invoke($field['storage']['module'], 'field_storage_purge_field', $field); // Clear the cache. field_info_cache_clear(); // Invoke external hooks after the cache is cleared for API consistency. module_invoke_all('field_purge_field', $field); } /** * @} End of "defgroup field_purge". */