Refactor field options to use associative array
ahoeben - April 16, 2007 - 09:02
| Project: | Flexinode |
| Version: | 4.7.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | flexinode.module (core) |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | ahoeben |
| Status: | active |
Description
Field options are currently stored in numbered arrays. For example, in field_image.inc, we use $field->options[1] for 'Maximum picture dimensions'.
This makes working on new features in fields a potential minefield; different developers could be creating field options with the same option 'index'. It also makes patches unnecessarily dependent upon eachother. Instead it would be a lot 'saver' to use associative arrays, such as $field->options['max_dimemnsions'].
Refactoring flexinode to use associative arrays involves two steps:
- Editing the current set of field types
- Providing an upgradepath for current contenttypes in the db
The former is trivial, but I have no experience with the latter. Is this a useful undertaking at this point in time (since a 4.7 release is still being fleshed out)?