}
/**
- * Helper function to call escape on arrays
+ * Get the data_type for the field.
+ *
+ * @param array $fieldMetadata
+ * Metadata about the field.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public static function getDataTypeFromFieldMetadata($fieldMetadata) {
+ if (isset($fieldMetadata['data_type'])) {
+ return $fieldMetadata['data_type'];
+ }
+ if (empty($fieldMetadata['type'])) {
+ // I would prefer to throw an e-notice but there is some,
+ // probably unnecessary logic, that only retrieves activity fields
+ // if they are 'in the profile' and probably they are not 'in'
+ // until they are added - which might lead to ? who knows!
+ return '';
+ }
+ return self::typeToString($fieldMetadata['type']);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Helper function to call escape on arrays.
*
* @see escape
*/