public static function FieldHelper::getFieldsByType in Helper 7

Return an array of fields with a certain type.

Parameters

string $type: The type of field to look for.

Return value

array An array of field names.

1 call to FieldHelper::getFieldsByType()

FieldHelperTestCase::testGetFieldsByType in tests/FieldHelperTestCase.test

File

lib/FieldHelper.php, line 85

Class

FieldHelper

Code

public static function getFieldsByType($type) {
  $fields_by_type = array();
  if ($cache = cache_get('field_info:helper_fields_by_type', 'cache_field')) {
    $fields_by_type = $cache->data;
  }
  else {
    foreach (field_info_fields() as $field) {
      $fields_by_type[$field['type']][] = $field['field_name'];
    }
    cache_set('field_info:helper_fields_by_type', $fields_by_type, 'cache_field');
  }
  return !empty($fields_by_type[$type]) ? $fields_by_type[$type] : array();
}