function hook_field_is_empty

1.20.x field.api.php hook_field_is_empty($item, $field)

Define what constitutes an empty item for a field type.

Parameters

$item: An item that may or may not be empty.

$field: The field to which $item belongs.

Return value

TRUE if $field's type considers $item not to contain any data;: FALSE otherwise.

Related topics

Field Types API Define field types. Hooks Allow modules to interact with the Backdrop core.

10 functions implement hook_field_is_empty()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

date_field_is_empty in modules/date/date.field.inc: Implements hook_field_is_empty().
email_field_is_empty in modules/email/email.module: Implements hook_field_is_empty().
field_test_field_is_empty in modules/field/tests/field_test/field_test.field.inc: Implements hook_field_is_empty().
file_field_is_empty in modules/file/file.field.inc: Implements hook_field_is_empty().
image_field_is_empty in modules/image/image.field.inc: Implements hook_field_is_empty().

... See full list

File

modules/field/field.api.php, line 677: Hooks provided by the Field module.

Code

function hook_field_is_empty($item, $field) {
  if (empty($item['value']) && (string) $item['value'] !== '0') {
    return TRUE;
  }
  return FALSE;
}