function element_info in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/includes/common.inc \element_info()

Retrieves the default properties for the defined element type.

Parameters

$type: An element type as defined by hook_element_info().

11 calls to element_info()

ajax_prepare_response in includes/ajax.inc

Converts the return value of a page callback into an Ajax commands array.

drupal_deliver_html_page in includes/common.inc

Packages and sends the result of a page callback to the browser as HTML.

drupal_prepare_form in includes/form.inc

Prepares a structured form array.

drupal_render in includes/common.inc

Renders HTML given a structured array tree.

drupal_render_page in includes/common.inc

Renders the page, including all theming.

... See full list

File

includes/common.inc, line 6568

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function element_info($type) {

  // Use the advanced drupal_static() pattern, since this is called very often.
  static $drupal_static_fast;
  if (!isset($drupal_static_fast)) {
    $drupal_static_fast['cache'] =& drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
  }
  $cache =& $drupal_static_fast['cache'];
  if (!isset($cache)) {
    $cache = module_invoke_all('element_info');
    foreach ($cache as $element_type => $info) {
      $cache[$element_type]['#type'] = $element_type;
    }

    // Allow modules to alter the element type defaults.
    drupal_alter('element_info', $cache);
  }
  return isset($cache[$type]) ? $cache[$type] : array();
}