CRM-20710: Add function to return valid types

CRM/Utils/Type.php

@@ -143,6 +143,28 @@ public static function typeToString($type) {
     return (isset($string)) ? $string : "";
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return array
+   *   An array of type in the form 'type name' => 'int representing type'
+   */
+  public static function getValidTypes() {
+    return array(
+      'Int' => self::T_INT,
+      'String' => self::T_STRING,
+      'Enum' => self::T_ENUM,
+      'Date' => self::T_DATE,
+      'Time' => self::T_TIME,
+      'Boolean' => self::T_BOOLEAN,
+      'Text' => self::T_TEXT,
+      'Blob' => self::T_BLOB,
+      'Timestamp' => self::T_TIMESTAMP,
+      'Float' => self::T_FLOAT,
+      'Money' => self::T_MONEY,
+      'Email' => self::T_EMAIL,
+      'Mediumblob' => self::T_MEDIUMBLOB,
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the data_type for the field.
    *
@@ -518,7 +540,7 @@ public static function mysqlOrderByCallback($matches) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get list of avaliable Data Tupes for Option Groups
+   * Get list of avaliable Data Types for Option Groups
    *
    * @return array
    */