function merci_core_activate_field in MERCI (Manage Equipment Reservations, Checkout and Inventory) 7.3

Attempts to directly activate a field that was disabled due to its module being disabled.

The normal API function for updating fields, field_update_field(), will not work on disabled fields. As a workaround, this function directly updates the database, but it is up to the caller to clear the cache.

Parameters

$field_name: The name of the field to activate.

Return value

Boolean indicating whether or not the field was activated.

2 calls to merci_core_activate_field()

merci_core_delete_field in merci_core/merci_core.module

Enables and deletes the specified field.

merci_core_delete_instance in merci_core/merci_core.module

Deletes the specified instance and handles field cleanup manually in case the instance is of a disabled field.

File

merci_core/merci_core.module, line 393

Code

function merci_core_activate_field($field_name) {

  // Set it to active via a query because field_update_field() does
  // not work on inactive fields.
  $updated = db_update('field_config')
    ->fields(array(
    'active' => 1,
  ))
    ->condition('field_name', $field_name, '=')
    ->condition('deleted', 0, '=')
    ->execute();
  return !empty($updated) ? TRUE : FALSE;
}