function list_extract_allowed_values in Drupal 7
Parses a string of 'allowed values' into an array.
Parameters
$string: The list of allowed values in string format described in list_allowed_values_string().
$field_type: The field type. Either 'list_number' or 'list_text'.
$generate_keys: Boolean value indicating whether to generate keys based on the position of the value if a key is not manually specified, and if the value cannot be used as a key. This should only be TRUE for fields of type 'list_number'.
Return value
The array of extracted key/value pairs, or NULL if the string is invalid.
See also
1 call to list_extract_allowed_values()
- list_allowed_values_setting_validate in modules/
field/ modules/ list/ list.module - Element validate callback; check that the entered values are valid.
File
- modules/
field/ modules/ list/ list.module, line 280 - Defines list field types that can be used with the Options module.
Code
function list_extract_allowed_values($string, $field_type, $generate_keys) {
$values = array();
$list = explode("\n", $string);
$list = array_map('trim', $list);
$list = array_filter($list, 'strlen');
$generated_keys = $explicit_keys = FALSE;
foreach ($list as $position => $text) {
$value = $key = FALSE;
// Check for an explicit key.
$matches = array();
if (preg_match('/(.*)\\|(.*)/', $text, $matches)) {
$key = $matches[1];
$value = $matches[2];
$explicit_keys = TRUE;
}
elseif ($field_type == 'list_text' || $field_type == 'list_float' && is_numeric($text) || $field_type == 'list_integer' && is_numeric($text) && (double) $text == intval($text)) {
$key = $value = $text;
$explicit_keys = TRUE;
}
elseif ($generate_keys) {
$key = (string) $position;
$value = $text;
$generated_keys = TRUE;
}
else {
return;
}
// Float keys are represented as strings and need to be disambiguated
// ('.5' is '0.5').
if ($field_type == 'list_float' && is_numeric($key)) {
$key = (string) (double) $key;
}
$values[$key] = $value;
}
// We generate keys only if the list contains no explicit key at all.
if ($explicit_keys && $generated_keys) {
return;
}
return $values;
}