function hook_field_attach_validate in Drupal 7

Act on field_attach_validate().

This hook is invoked after the field module has performed the operation.

See field_attach_validate() for details and arguments.

Parameters

$entity_type: The type of $entity; e.g., 'node' or 'user'.

$entity: The entity with fields to validate.

array $errors: The array of errors (keyed by field name, language code, and delta) that have already been reported for the entity. The function should add its errors to this array. Each error is an associative array with the following keys and values:

• error: An error code (should be a string prefixed with the module name).
• message: The human readable message to be displayed.

Related topics

1 invocation of hook_field_attach_validate()

field_attach_validate in modules/field/field.attach.inc

Perform field validation against the field data in an entity.

File

modules/field/field.api.php, line 1338

Hooks provided by the Field module.

Code

function hook_field_attach_validate($entity_type, $entity, &$errors) {

  // Make sure any images in article nodes have an alt text.
  if ($entity_type == 'node' && $entity->type == 'article' && !empty($entity->field_image)) {
    foreach ($entity->field_image as $langcode => $items) {
      foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
        if (!empty($item['fid']) && empty($item['alt'])) {
          $errors['field_image'][$langcode][$delta][] = array(
            'error' => 'field_example_invalid',
            'message' => t('All images in articles need to have an alternative text set.'),
          );
        }
      }
    }
  }
}