field_default_form($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, $items, &$form, &$form_state, $get_delta = NULL)Create a separate form element for each field.
modules/field/field.form.inc, line 11
<?php
function field_default_form($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, $items, &$form, &$form_state, $get_delta = NULL) {
// This could be called with no entity, as when a UI module creates a
// dummy form to set default values.
if ($entity) {
list($id, , ) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);
}
$field_name = $field['field_name'];
$addition[$field_name] = array();
// Store field information in $form_state['storage'].
$form_state['field'][$field_name][$langcode] = array(
'field' => $field,
'instance' => $instance,
// This entry will be populated at form build time.
'array_parents' => array(),
// This entry will be populated at form validation time.
'errors' => array(),
);
// Populate widgets with default values when creating a new entity.
if (empty($items) && empty($id)) {
$items = field_get_default_value($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode);
}
// Collect widget elements.
$elements = array();
if (field_access('edit', $field, $entity_type, $entity)) {
// If field module handles multiple values for this form element, and we
// are displaying an individual element, process the multiple value form.
if (!isset($get_delta) && field_behaviors_widget('multiple values', $instance) == FIELD_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT) {
$elements = field_multiple_value_form($field, $instance, $langcode, $items, $form, $form_state);
}
// If the widget is handling multiple values (e.g Options), or if we are
// displaying an individual element, just get a single form element and
// make it the $delta value.
else {
$delta = isset($get_delta) ? $get_delta : 0;
$function = $instance['widget']['module'] . '_field_widget_form';
if (function_exists($function)) {
$element = array(
'#object_type' => $instance['object_type'],
'#bundle' => $instance['bundle'],
'#field_name' => $field_name,
'#language' => $langcode,
'#columns' => array_keys($field['columns']),
'#title' => check_plain(t($instance['label'])),
'#description' => field_filter_xss($instance['description']),
// Only the first widget should be required.
'#required' => $delta == 0 && $instance['required'],
'#delta' => $delta,
);
if ($element = $function($form, $form_state, $field, $instance, $langcode, $items, $delta, $element)) {
// If we're processing a specific delta value for a field where the
// field module handles multiples, set the delta in the result.
// For fields that handle their own processing, we can't make
// assumptions about how the field is structured, just merge in the
// returned element.
if (field_behaviors_widget('multiple values', $instance) == FIELD_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT) {
$elements[$delta] = $element;
}
else {
$elements = $element;
}
}
}
}
}
if ($elements) {
// Also aid in theming of field widgets by rendering a classified
// container.
$addition[$field_name] = array(
'#type' => 'container',
'#attributes' => array(
'class' => array(
'field-type-' . drupal_html_class($field['type']),
'field-name-' . drupal_html_class($field_name),
'field-widget-' . drupal_html_class($instance['widget']['type']),
),
),
'#weight' => $instance['widget']['weight'],
);
}
else {
// The field is not accessible, or the widget did not return anything. Make
// sure the items are available in the submitted form values.
foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
$elements[$delta] = array(
'#type' => 'value',
'#value' => $item,
);
}
}
// Populate the 'array_parents' information in $form_state['field'] after
// the form is built, so that we catch changes in the form structure performed
// in alter() hooks.
$elements['#after_build'][] = 'field_form_element_after_build';
$elements['#field_name'] = $field_name;
$elements['#language'] = $langcode;
$addition[$field_name] += array(
'#tree' => TRUE,
// The '#language' key can be used to access the field's form element
// when $langcode is unknown.
'#language' => $langcode,
$langcode => $elements,
);
return $addition;
}
?>